The State vs. the Dead Body of Sarah Langley

Date: 
October 27, 1803

Deceased

Sarah Langley
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths after due examination of witnesses and of the body of Sarah Langley deceas'd we find now certain proof that she was murdered

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Nixson

Location

County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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