The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry Clarkson

Date: 
May 10, 1871

Deceased

Henry Clarkson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say ... that the aforesaid Henry Clarkson ... came to his death disease of the heart

Coroner

Coroner: 
James T. Truesdel
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Antiark Church
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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