The State vs. the Dead Body of Rachael Watts

Date: 
July 29, 1889

Deceased

Rachael Watts
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that near the Residence of W. B. Fuller in above state and county on the 29th July 1889 the said Rachael Watts came to her death by "Visitation of God."

Coroner

Coroner: 
Jno. C. Cook
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
at W.B. Fullers place near Cross Hill
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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

Dr. J F McGowan being duly sworn says that she came to her death from enlargement or Rupture of the heart the Pericardium was full of blood.

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