The State vs. the Dead Body of Mary Peck

Date: 
February 23, 1828

Deceased

Mary Peck
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Hanging
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their Paths, "That the said Mark Peck, came to her death, hanging herself with a hank of spun cotton, to the end one of the logs of the Chimney, while in a state mental derangement.

Coroner

Coroner: 
William Foley
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
in the District aforesaid
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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