The State vs. the Dead Body of Nash Ferguson

Date: 
May 23, 1883

Deceased

Nash Ferguson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Brain
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid Nash Ferguson came to his death on the 23d day of May AD 1883 in Laurens County from general condition of the brain and blood clots on the brain

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. J. Boozer
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Laurens court house
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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

Dr J P Simpson who being duly sworn made an autopsy of the cranium and general condition of the brain with some blood clots, where in the opinion of the witness is the cause of death of deceased.

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