The State vs. the Dead Body of Rhoda Beam

Date: 
March 19, 1861

Deceased

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

upon our oaths do say, that the said Mrs. Bean voluntarily and feloniously knowing[?] did Kil[?] by Jumping out of the flat at [?] fery into [?] and drounding hirself

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate acting as Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Fishdown[?]

Source

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