The State vs. the Dead Body of Dilsey Seigler

Date: 
September 20, 1869

Deceased

Dilsey Seigler
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say That the said Dilsey came to her death by an act of Providence after long affliction

Coroner

Coroner: 
D. A. Foskett
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Miles Mills
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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