The State vs. the Dead Body of George Blakely

Date: 
August 23, 1889

Deceased

George Blakely
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Parent(s): 
Evoline Blakely
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that George Blakely came to his death "Natural Causes"

Coroner

Coroner: 
James P. Sloan
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Tom Youngs
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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

Dr. G.W. Duvall Sworn Sayes it is his opinion that the child died from Cholera Infantum.

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