The State vs. the Dead Body of T. Clark Singleton

Date: 
August 27, 1841

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
infant
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
laudanum
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said T. Clark Singleton infant did come to his death by the administration of an over portion of laudnum given to him by his mother Margaret

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Spartanburgh Court House

Source

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