The State vs. the Dead Body of John Covington

Date: 
October 26, 1849

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death by the hands of God with an Apoplectic fit

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. H. Millbanks
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of John Covington
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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