The State vs. the Dead Body of Sally Shedd

Date: 
February 19, 1867

Deceased

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

the Jury after hearing the evidence in the cause of the death of Sally Shed and examined the dead Body. Come to the conclusion that the Said Sally came to her death by the discharge of a gun in the hands of the Girl Rachel, by accident.

Coroner

Coroner: 

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the plantation of James Coleman

Source

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