The State vs. the Dead Body of Simney Harrington

Date: 
August 7, 1868

Deceased

Simney Harrington
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that there appearing no signs of violence on his body the deceased came to his death by the visitation of God.

Coroner

Coroner: 
K. T. Morgan
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Cheraw
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

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

[No witness testimonies]

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