The State vs. the Dead Body of William Blanton

Date: 
January 14, 1884

Deceased

William Blanton
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that William Blanton came to his death by heart disease

Coroner

Coroner: 
James L. Scruggs
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Langdon Blanton
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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