The State vs. the Dead Body of Annie West

Date: 
March 4, 1871

Deceased

Annie West
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the house in which Mrs. Annie West lived was set on fire by some person or persons unknown & that she perished in the flames

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. W. Wofford
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the late residence fo Rob't West
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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