The State vs. the Dead Body of Martha Stevenson

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1893--

Deceased

Martha Stevenson
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, that Martha Stevenson came to her death from natural causes probly influenza[.]

Coroner

Coroner: 
Jas. B. Stevenson
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Daniel Stevenson's
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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