The State vs. the Dead Body of Emma Hunter

Date: 
May 18, 1892

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths Do say from the Testimony given that Emma Hunter Died from the Effects of fire; That she died on Tesday the 17th inst having been burnt in a house, that was burnt down on the plantation of M.B. Pool on the night of the 16th inst. All Accidental...

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Beaverdam Church
County: 

Source

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