The State vs. the Dead Body of James Tiller

Date: 
March 9, 1854

Deceased

James Tiller
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said James Tiller came to his death by a visitation of God

Coroner

Coroner: 
F. I. DeHay
Coroner Title: 
magistrate, acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Mansion House in the Town of Camden
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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