The State vs. the Dead Body of Elijah Pike

Date: 
December 28, 1856

Deceased

Elijah Pike
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Alcoholism
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death at his Residence . . . by excessive use of ardent spirits

Coroner

Coroner: 
Henry M. Smith
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Elijah Pike
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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