The State vs. the Dead Body of Priner Davis

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1883--

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that the said Priner Davis came to his death from apoplectic Fit-brought on by drinking bad whiskey and exposure near the Public Road in Fairfield Co SC, leading form Winnsboro to Kincades Bridge on or between the night of the 13th and the morning of the 15th of January 1883[.]

Coroner

Coroner: 

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Simm Davis' Spring

Source

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