The State vs. the Dead Body of David Dantzler

Date: 
June 29, 1829

Deceased

David Dantzler
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths after examination [that] he came to his death by accidental drowning

Coroner

Coroner: 
Samuel N. Evins
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Nazareth Meeting House
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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