The State vs. the Dead Body of H. P. Church

Date: 
December 27, 1842

Deceased

H. P. Church
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Alcoholism
COD Inquest Finding: 

Upon their Oaths the Jurors aforesaid do say, that the said H.P. Church. . .had been intoxicated for several days or weeks and in that situation he decd. . .died in consequence of drinking intoxicating liquors to excess

Coroner

Coroner: 
Daniel Holland
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
in the house of C. H. Goodman in the Vilage of Edgefield
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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