The State vs. the Dead Body of Medora Williams

Date: 
April 4, 1878

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that the said Medora Williams while alone in her house ... fell into the fire and was burned to death while suffering from a fit or fainting

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Spartanburg C.H.
City: 
Spartanburg, S.C.

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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