The State vs. the Dead Body of John Brown

Date: 
September 16, 1804

Deceased

John Brown
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Alcoholism
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths . . .they do believe that he died on Saturday evening the 15th ... by excessive drinking of ardent spirits

Coroner

Coroner: 
Thomas Ballard

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Andrew Graham's plantation, near Beaver[?] Creek
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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