The State vs. the Dead Body of Della Jenkins

Date: 
February 13, 1904

Deceased

Della Jenkins
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

[No official declaration]

Coroner

Coroner: 
John L. Woodard
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
[no location given]
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

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

John A McSean being sworn says . . . She was dead when I got there. Her cloths was all burned off and she was badly burned
D [illegible] being sworn says I heard the testimonies . . . and made an examination of Della Jenkins today. I saw no markers of foull play. She was badly burned sufficient to cause . . . death
J. R. Multon being sworn says as I went ony about 8 oclock I saw smoke coming out though the roof of her house . . . her house was on fire and her cloths was burned off. . .

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