The State vs. the Dead Body of Reubin Weaver

Date: 
December 28, 1895

Deceased

Reubin Weaver
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say, that Reubin Weaver aforesaid came to his death from heart failure

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. Pope Roton
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Elijah Boatwrights Plantation
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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