The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown Freedman

Date: 
November 25, 1868

Deceased

Unknown Freedman
Description: 
Unknown Freedman
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, We the jurors aforesaid do say that the freedman name unknown to us that he came to his Death by an act of God.

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Nabors
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Parks old field
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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

S.S. Blakely, R.L. Blakely & G.M. Auld being Sworn testify that about 11 Oclock A.M. on Nov. 25th 1868 a traveller reported to the family of S.S. Blakely that he had found the Body of a Freedman Dead lying near the road in Parks Old Field.

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