The State vs. the Dead Body of Lavinia Rodgers

Date: 
November 1, 1854

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that they believe the said Lavinia Rodgers Dropt dead on the road by appoplexy or some unknown cause to them.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the House of Samuel McKnicks
County: 

Source

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