The State vs. the Dead Body of Elizabeth Brown

Date: 
May 2, 1839

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
strychnine

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Daniel Browns House
County: 

Source

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