The State vs. the Dead Body of John Day

Date: 
January 28, 1878

Deceased

John Day
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Brain
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said John Day came to his death from the natural cause to wit[?] congestion of the brain

Coroner

Coroner: 
William Bayne
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Guard house
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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