The State vs. the Dead Body of Hannah Eves

Date: 
July 23, 1872

Deceased

Hannah Eves
Description: 
colored
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that she came to her death from cause unknown to the jury

Coroner

Coroner: 
Daniel Willis
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at D.J. Turt[?]'s
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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