The State vs. the Dead Body of Rebeca Eidson

Date: 
May 29, 1861

Deceased

Rebeca Eidson
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that it is made evident to theme that the said deceased came to here death. . .from Congestion Pneumonia

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Quattlebaum
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Residence of William Eidson
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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