The State vs. the Dead Body of Jane Crowder

Date: 
July 10, 1848

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he deceased came to her death by suicide from hanging herself from the bar of her prison

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the jail of Kershaw District, town of Camden
County: 

Source

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