The State vs. the Dead Body of Laban Johnson

Date: 
May 15, 1889

Deceased

Laban Johnson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said Laban Johnson came to his death from heart troubles brought on by natural causes

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. G. Wordlaw
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Clifton
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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