The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles M. Creswell

Date: 
August 5, 1869

Deceased

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

the said Charles M Creswell came to his death do say that . . .the deceased Charles M Creswell came to his death by a gunshot wound from a gun in the hands of some person or persons unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
magistrate and acting coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Edgefield CH

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Addison brothers
Inquest Images: 
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