The State vs. the Dead Body of Hartwell Roper

Date: 
June 17, 1869

Deceased

Hartwell Roper
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say That the said Hartwell Roper fell dead in the field at his plow

Coroner

Coroner: 
A. J. Norris
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Rev. J.P. Mealing
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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

deceased was affected with palpitation of the heart & had come near dying with it several times before

the deceased was subject to sudden attacks while at work

deceased was subject to heart disease

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