The State vs. the Dead Body of Fannie Patton

Date: 
November 18, 1898

Deceased

Fannie Patton
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that upon examination find that Fannie Patton Came to her death by accidental Drowning

Coroner

Coroner: 
H. W. Dobey
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Francis Williams house
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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