The State vs. the Dead Body of Betsy Scott

Date: 
February 25, 1842

Deceased

Betsy Scott
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Alcoholism
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Betsy Scott came to death from the effects of intemperance

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Roper
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Camden
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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