The State vs. the Dead Body of Lydia Parish

Date: 
December 6, 1835

Deceased

Lydia Parish
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

find no reason to suppose the deceased came to her death otherwise than by the act of God or in the course of nature from diesease the particular character of which is unknown to us

Coroner

Coroner: 
Malcolm McCaskill
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Mrs. L. Parrish on Rutledge Street in the town of Camden
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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