The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph Smith

dec'd was in the habits having fits before every full and change of the moon

Date: 
July 25, 1866

Deceased

Joseph Smith
Description: 
freeman
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death . . .by some means unknown to the jurors

Coroner

Coroner: 
Henry M. Smith
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Benjamin Vaughn's
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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