The State vs. the Dead Body of Gertrude

Date: 
December 1, 1891

Deceased

Gertrude
Description: 
infant child
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Ella Jays
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say. . .that the infant received burns which caused death

Coroner

Coroner: 
B. P. Covar
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Edgfield Court house
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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