The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel Ward

Date: 
July 19, 1859

Deceased

Samuel Ward
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that he came to his death by the visitation of providence him being an old man between 75 & 80 years of age.

Coroner

Coroner: 
A. Todd
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Church Cross Roads
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

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