The State vs. the Dead Body of Columbus Dempsey

Date: 
August 2, 1858

Deceased

Columbus Dempsey
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Columbus Dempsey came to his [death] by cause unknown but suppose from an attack of fits to which he was almost daily subject

Coroner

Coroner: 
George W. H. Legg
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the parish
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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