The State vs. the Dead Body of Thomas Harrell

Date: 
January 19, 1838

Deceased

Thomas Harrell
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say uppon [sic] there [sic] oaths that the said Thomas Harrell. . .had no marks of violence uppon [sic] him and died by the visitation of God in a natural way

Coroner

Coroner: 
Joel Dean
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Quorum

Location

Inquest Location: 
near the Union line south of Tygar River
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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