The State vs. the Dead Body of Scott

Date: 
September 14, 1821

Deceased

Scott
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Alcoholism
COD Inquest Finding: 

[do say] that from every circumstance that he came to his death by intemperance

Coroner

Coroner: 
George Gilman
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Peace

Location

Inquest Location: 
near the mill pond of Duncan McRae, Esquire
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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