The State vs. the Dead Body of James Goodson

Date: 
September 28, 1807

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said James Goodson . . .was found dead, that he had no such marks of violence on his body as would have occasioned his death & died by the visitation of God & not otherwise

Coroner

Coroner: 

Location

County: 

Source

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