The State vs. the Dead Body of Martha Morris

Date: 
January 9, 1881

Deceased

Martha Morris
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Lungs
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the deceased came to her death from disease of the lungs . . . at the residence of Warren Morris.

Coroner

Coroner: 
John E. Breazeale
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Warren Morris
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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