The State vs. the Dead Body of John Williams

Date: 
February 9, 1879

Deceased

John Williams
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say, that deceased [John Williams] came to his death by dropsical affiction.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Elvin J. Person
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Newton Perry [?] on the plantation of Thomas Cox
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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