The State vs. the Dead Body of Albert Watson

Date: 
June 15, 1892

Deceased

Albert Watson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
about 8 mos old
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Albert Watson came to his death from Natural Causes

Coroner

Coroner: 
B. P. Covar
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the plantation of W.B. Maffett
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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L19077_0001_677.jpg

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