The State vs. the Dead Body of Baylis Edwards

Date: 
May 30, 1864

Deceased

Baylis Edwards
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say ... that he came to his death by a blow from a [?] on the throat from an unknown hand

Coroner

Coroner: 
H. J. Gilreath
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Franis Edwards
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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