The State vs. the Dead Body of Laura Doneyhue

Date: 
October 17, 1901

Deceased

Laura Doneyhue
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say: nothin other than natural causes

Coroner

Coroner: 
John L. Woodard
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Plantation of Geo Gregory, M.D.
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

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

J. J. Doneyhue sworn says I found the deceased dead on the Bed at my home early in the morning . . . as far as I no she was as well as usual
Morgan Doneyhue sworn says first that the deceased Laura Doneyhue had been in bad heath all the year she had bad spells in the spring of 1901 had Dr. R. P. Miller with her then and he has been treating all along since he promised her to have Hart trouble and Liver complaint . . .

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