The State vs. the Dead Body of Caleb Campbell

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1882--

Deceased

Caleb Campbell
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Suffocation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the deceased Caleb Campbell was killed and murdered by hanging by some person or persons to the jury unknown[.]

Coroner

Coroner: 
G. S. Hinnant

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Winnsboro
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Unknown
Inquest Images: 
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