The State vs. the Dead Body of Jane Burden

Date:

May 10, 1833

Jane Burden

Sex:

Female

Race:

White

COD Category:

Unknown

COD Inquest Finding:

upon their oaths do say that Mrs. Jane Burden came to her death by the Will of God

Coroner:

Coroner Title:

QM[?] acting as coroner

Inquest Location:

at Selby Rogers grave yard

County:

South Carolina Department of Archives & History

Columbia, SC

Inquest Images:

Transcription:

she was Black on her left side she thinks a man could get in at the window

Mrs. Burden told she was afraid she would be poisoned said she was not afraid Harry would do it unless he was [?]

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