The State vs. the Dead Body of Reuben Brewton

Date: 
January 3, 1880

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
sixty-nine years old
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Reuben Brewton came to his death ... from disease unknown to them inflicted by the hand of God

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Switzer's Bridge

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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