The State vs. the Dead Body of John Westmorland

Date: 
August 1, 1847

Deceased

John Westmorland
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that it was by the act of God

Coroner

Coroner: 
James Caldwell
Coroner Title: 
magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at James Hopkins's
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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