The State vs. the Dead Body of John Matthews

Date: 
October 13, 1829

Deceased

John Matthews
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Alcoholism
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their Oaths, that he John Matthews died a natural death in William Adams lane then and there in a State of intoxication

Coroner

Coroner: 
William Deen
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Quorum

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of William Adams
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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