The State vs. the Dead Body of Sarah McCulley

witness ... saith that he had heard McCully threaten to beat her to death [and] he has saw McCully throw rocks at her some time

Date: 
September 1, 1841

Deceased

Sarah McCulley
Description: 
wife of Barney McCulley
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that she the sd deceased died of violence on the night of 31 Augt 1841 in her own house & by her own husband Barney McCulley

Coroner

Coroner: 
Alexander Moorhead
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Barney McCulley
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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