The State vs. the Dead Body of Nancy Drake

Date: 
August 21, 1872

Deceased

Nancy Drake
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

say that the deceased came to her death by her own act. . .by drowning herself in the well of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Keaton. . .in a fit of derangement

Coroner

Coroner: 
John C. Whitfield
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Mrs. Elizabeth's Anne Keaton's
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

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