The State vs. the Dead Body of Ralph R. Deming

Date: 
April 16, 1825

Deceased

Ralph R. Deming
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oath do say that we believe he killed himself with a dirk supposed to be his own, or by a stab in the throat and breast, on Thirsday [sic] night last on the plantation of Wm More near the road leading from Laurens Court house to Newberry court house.

Location

County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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