The State vs. the Dead Body of James Petty

Date: 
June 19, 1825

Deceased

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

upon there Oaths do Say that from the Effects of Intoxication that the Said James did Come to his death

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Norman
Coroner Title: 
JP

Location

Inquest Location: 
at an out House of the plantation of John Norman
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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