The State vs. the Dead Body of John Edmonson

Date: 
July 26, 1854

Deceased

John Edmonson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Alcoholism
COD Inquest Finding: 

the verdict of the above jury is that he came to his death by intoxication or some other unknown cause.

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. E. Bellote
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near the road leading from Anderson Court House to the Double Branches.
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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