The State vs. the Dead Body of Ana May Blocker

Date: 
December 2, 1894

Deceased

Ana May Blocker
Description: 
child
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
five months old
Child: 
child
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say: That the child Came to its death from causes unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. W. Seigler
Coroner Title: 
trial justice acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Ben Boatwrights farm
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
L19077_0001_787.jpg
L19077_0001_788.jpg

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