The State vs. the Dead Body of Luvenia Elmore

Date:

March 15, 1883

Luvenia Elmore

Sex:

Female

Race:

Black

COD Category:

Natural Causes

COD:

COD Inquest Finding:

upon their oaths do say that the cause of her death on the 14th day of March AD. 1883 on J A Fergusons place in Laurens County from Congestion.

Coroner:

Coroner Title:

Coroner

Inquest Location:

at J A Fergusons place

County:

South Carolina Department of Archives & History

Columbia, SC

Inquest Images:

Transcription:

Dr AR Simpson who being duly sworn finds the cause of her death to have been from congestion of the Stomach and small intestine.

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