The State vs. the Dead Body of James Cook

Date: 
June 3, 1845

Deceased

James Cook
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that the said James Cook came to his death by the visitation of God

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Chapman
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
in the old field near the still house of James Cook
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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