The State vs. the Dead Body of John Wallcot

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1889--

Deceased

John Wallcot
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their Oaths that the deceased came to his death in Winnsboro SC the 7 of Jan 1889 from heart diseas.

Coroner

Coroner: 
G. S. Hinnant

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Winnsboro
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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

Ella Archie Sworn Says She Knows the deceased John Wallcot, and that he is her uncle, and that he was at her home, about 10 Oclock last night and that he was as well as usual and had not been sick for some time to Knowledge don't know that he had any enemeys, never heard of any threats against his life, heard of his death this morning about 8 Oclock the 7th of Jan 1889.

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