The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel Ferguson Sr.

Date: 
July 21, 1839

Deceased

Samuel Ferguson Sr.
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Other
COD: 
Alcoholism
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths, that the said Samuel Ferguson came to his death by Intemperance in the use of Spiritous liquors and not otherwise

Coroner

Coroner: 
Robert Long
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Quorum

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Samuel Fergusons
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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