The State vs. the Dead Body of Sarah Bressey

Date: 
September 14, 1857

Deceased

Sarah Bressey
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that . . . she came to her death . . . by a natural death.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Henry M. Smith
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at [?] Village
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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