The State vs. the Dead Body of John

Date: 
November 24, 1829

Deceased

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

do say upon their oaths that according to such and all evidence it is their belief that on the night of the 23rd instant the before mentioned Alexander Caldwell and his little son (the deceased) was in a Small House and A Sleep an they believe that a pallet whereon the deceased lay or the house caught fire, by accident, and consumed the house and the child...

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Robert G Bagley

Source

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