The State vs. the Dead Body of Judith Berry

Date: 
December 17, 1811

Deceased

Judith Berry
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that the said Berry to came to her death by a violent burn which she received from her clothes taking fire at the fireplace in the house of James Berry . . . of which she instantly died.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Joseph Mickle
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Swift Creek ... [at] home of James Berry
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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