The State vs. the Dead Body of Edward William Davis

Date: 
September 29, 1870

Deceased

Edward William Davis
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Lungs
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Edward William Davis. "came to his death by a Pulmonary Congestion with Hemorrhage caused from heart disease

Coroner

Coroner: 
G. R. Hunter
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice acting as Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Ridgeway
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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