The State vs. the Dead Body of Sally Foster

she had these fitts often. She had been free from them for about three months. Sally had nine spells since Sunday night.

Date: 
April 14, 1876

Deceased

Sally Foster
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
about 35
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Brain
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Sally Foster died of Epileptic Convulsion or as is more commonly called Fitts

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. H. Goodlett
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Flora[?] Manwell[?]
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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