The State vs. the Dead Body of Jack Taylor

he was a good old Collard [sic] man - Voted with us in the democrat Elections

Date: 
April 11, 1892

Deceased

Jack Taylor
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
84
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Jack Taylor. . .came to his death by the act of God. He having died from old age 84 years and having hearty failure bleeding Hemorage of the lungs and asthma

Coroner

Coroner: 
Theophilus Dean
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Hal[?] Miles
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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