The State vs. the Dead Body of Emmar McDonald

Date: 
November 27, 1881

Deceased

Emmar McDonald
Description: 
daughter
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Brain
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the sd Emma [?] McDonald came to her death by asphyxia of the brain, or some unknown cause

Coroner

Coroner: 
F. M. Davinport
Coroner Title: 
acting coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at William McDonald's
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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