The State vs. the Dead Body of Rachel McBurney

Date: 
October 21, 1833

Deceased

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

do say upon their oaths, that according to the evidence adduced, they believe that on the morning of the 20th this instant, or some time in the night of the 19th, a small house adjoining the dwelling of the said Major James Barkley, occupied by said Rachel McBurney as a Bed Room, caught fire, how, not known, was consumed with the contents, and her, the said Rachel.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
in the house of Major James Barkley

Source

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