The State vs. the Dead Body of Joseph Davis

Date: 
September 9, 1820

Deceased

Joseph Davis
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

say upon their oaths that the said Joseph Davis. . .was kild [sic] or came to his Death by Misfortune

Coroner

Coroner: 
M. Tolliver
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of George Miller
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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