The State vs. the Dead Body of John Love

Date: 
June 24, 1832

Deceased

John Love
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Alcoholism
COD Inquest Finding: 

after examination reported. . .that they beleave [sic] that the cause of his death was occasion by spiritous liquor

Location

County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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