The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown Infant

Date: 
February 23, 1883

Deceased

Unknown Infant
Description: 
Unknown Infant
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say That the said Infant Child came to his death from som cause or causes unknown to the Jurors and that there was no foul play

Coroner

Coroner: 
H. D. Tiller
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Chesterfield C. H.
County: 
Chesterfield County, SC

Source

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

Sarah Bittle Sworn I am the Mother of deceased . . . the deceased was living early in the night about [illegible] o clock . . . and then I found out that my child was dead it was lying on its face myself and the family was on good terms. Deceased was subject to collick I give it Smake [???] and ginger tea.

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