The State vs. the Dead Body of Rachail Langley

Date: 
December 30, 1878

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
old woman
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say ... the said Rachail Langley came to her death from indigestion caused by eating too much heartily of unwholesome diet

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
in Spartanburg Co.

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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