The State vs. the Dead Body of Caswell Waldrop

He was subject to fits

Date: 
April 18, 1882

Deceased

Caswell Waldrop
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Brain
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that . . . the said Caswell Waldrop . . . came to his death from the effect of an epileptic fit.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Alexander McBee
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Caswell Waldrop
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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