The State vs. the Dead Body of Caroline Coleman

Date: 
July 25, 1893

Deceased

Caroline Coleman
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say. . .that the said Caroline Coleman aforesaid came to her death from heart failure

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. Pope Roton
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Brisel[?] Blacks Residence
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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