The State vs. the Dead Body of James Kirkpatrick

Date: 
November 24, 1846

Deceased

James Kirkpatrick
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Alcoholism
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that . . .the deceased was put to bed . . .in a state of intoxication and . . .must have come to his death by a fit of appoplexy or some other natural cause

Coroner

Coroner: 
Isaac Gregory
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Union CourtHouse in James C Kitchens Hotel
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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