The State vs. the Dead Body of Kissey Blakeny

Date: 
October 22, 1884

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the Deceased came to her death by a natural causs of heart disease

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Kessey Blakenys

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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