The State vs. the Dead Body of Janie Watts

Date: 
October 11, 1891

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Parent(s): 
Carrie Watts
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Janie Watts Died in Laurens County on the 11th day of Oct. 1891 by being burnt to death in a house that was burnt by accident when the Mother was away.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at R O Hairston
County: 

Source

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