The State vs. the Dead Body of Alexander Black

Date: 
November 14, 1863

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said decd came to his death . . . by the act of God unknown to them

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of A. W. Black

Source

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