The State vs. the Dead Body of Jacob Belue

Was about a half pint of blood under his mouth

Date: 
July 31, 1882

Deceased

Jacob Belue
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Lungs
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Jacob Belue came to his death from congestion of the lungs

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. A. Mooney
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Jacob Belues
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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