The State vs. the Dead Body of Martha Adamson

Date: 
April 10, 1877

Deceased

Martha Adamson
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Alcoholism
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Martha Adamson came to her death from excessive intoxication or apoplexy

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. F. Sutherland
Coroner Title: 
justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Camden
City: 
Camden, S.C.
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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