The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown Infant

Date: 
April 26, 1888

Deceased

Description: 
Unknown Infant
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say: That the said Infant Child came to her death by being accidently Smothered and that it dide on the 26th day of A D 1888

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Margret Bouer

Source

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