The State vs. the Dead Body of Sarah Farmer

Date: 
July 14, 1878

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say That the Said Sarah Farmer came to her death from a pistol shot taken affect just above the right Eye and that the pistol was supposed to be in the hands of the deceased and that it was accidental

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Williams Goodwin Place

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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