The State vs. the Dead Body of colored

Date: 
May 9, 1872

Deceased

colored
Description: 
colored
Notes: 
infant
Race: 
Black
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Harriet Turner
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said infant. . .came to its death by misfortunte or accident

Coroner

Coroner: 
Daniel Willis
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Ja's Turner's
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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