The State vs. the Dead Body of Tench Henson

Date: 
June 8, 1868

Deceased

Tench Henson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that it was the act of Providence

Coroner

Coroner: 
B. J. Stewart
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Josepth Moor's
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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