The State vs. the Dead Body of Lizza

Date: 
October 7, 1866

Deceased

Description: 
colered woman
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that the deceased died from a desease of the Heart

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Thomas S. Miller

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
L19077_0001_401.jpg

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