The State vs. the Dead Body of Celia King

Date: 
September 8, 1857

Deceased

Celia King
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Hanging
COD Method/Implement: 
hank of cotton thread
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say the said Celia King. . .came to her death by hanging herself with a hank of cotton thread and suspended to a bush.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Solomon M. Geer
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Peter King's residence
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

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