The State vs. the Dead Body of Allen Smith

Date: 
January 19, 1867

Deceased

Allen Smith
Description: 
Freedman
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there Oath do say. . .he came to his death by means of a Pistol shot through the head inflicted by some person or persons unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
Lewis Culbreath
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at S.B. Chappells Residence
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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