The State vs. the Dead Body of T. Clark Singleton

Date: 
August 27, 1841

Deceased

T. Clark Singleton
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
infant
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Overdose
COD Method/Implement: 
laudanum
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said T. Clark Singleton infant did come to his death by the administration of an over portion of laudnum given to him by his mother Margaret

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. W. Martin
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Spartanburgh Court House
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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