The State vs. the Dead Body of John McDonald

Date: 
April 15, 1839

Deceased

John McDonald
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that they believe the said John McDonald ... being a youth in the district aforesaid there & then died of the visitation of God

Coroner

Coroner: 
Tobias Folsom

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Daniel McDonalds
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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