The State vs. the Dead Body of Doreas Mobley

Date: 
May 18, 1870

Deceased

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

do say upon their oaths that the said Dorene Mobley on the 18th day of May in the year One thousand Eigth Hundred and Seventy at her house in the county aforesaid, was found dead, that she had no marks of violence upon her, and died by the visitation of God in a natural way, and not otherwise.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Mrs. Doreas Mobley

Source

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