The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown

Date: 
April 23, 1854

Deceased

Unknown
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the person aforesaid came to his death by causes uknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
F. I. DeHay
Coroner Title: 
magistrate, acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at a spot near Chesnut's field about four miles from Camden
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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