The State vs. the Dead Body of Daisy Polk

Date: 
May 20, 1889

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Child: 
child
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon thire oaths do Say That the said Daisy Polk came to her death by the accidental burning of the house

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Chesterfield CH

Source

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