The State vs. the Dead Body of Humphrey Wilson

Date: 
August 26, 1882

Deceased

Humphrey Wilson
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
78
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say . . . he died from a visitation of the Almighty God

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. L. Woodside
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Humphrey Wilsons
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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