The State vs. the Dead Body of Moriah Scott

Date: 
September 26, 1875

Deceased

Moriah Scott
Description: 
infant child
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Luda Scott
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say that Moriah L. Scott infant child . . .came to her death from cold

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. H. Goodlett
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Ness[?] Scott's
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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