The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Brooks

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1895--

Deceased

Mary Brooks
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say: That Mary Brooks in manner and form aforsaid came to her death by some unknown cause to us[.]

Coroner

Coroner: 
Jm. D. Blair
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Bells[?] Bridge
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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