The State vs. the Dead Body of Rachell Smith

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1889--

Deceased

Rachell Smith
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say that the deceased came to her death from dissease of the heart.

Coroner

Coroner: 
G. S. Hinnant

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the McDowell place
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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

R.B. Houston M.D. Says That he made Post-mortem examination of the dead body of Rachell Smith the 25 of March 1889 and found that she had the disease of the heart and is satisfied that the death was the cause of her death.

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