The State vs. the Dead Body of Georgiana Williams Moore

Date: 
July 26, 1882

Deceased

Georgiana Williams Moore
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Parent(s): 
Fannie Simpson
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oathes do say that the said Georgiana William Moore came to her death by a visitation of God and died of Embolism of the heart.

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. J. Boozer
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at TS Langston's plantation
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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

Fannie Simpson who being sworn says she is the mother of deceased who is nearly one year old witness waked this morning the 21st day of July 1882 and felt her baby and found it was dead. Deceased felt cold and witness thought it was was dead

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