The State vs. the Dead Body of Barbra Franklin

Date: 
June 6, 1898

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said barbra Franklin of the said county and said state on the Evening of the fifth day of June 1898 Did come to her death from natural causes

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Swift Creek Colored Baptist Church

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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