The State vs. the Dead Body of Andrew Caldwell

Date (Partial/Ambiguous): 
1889--

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say that the deceased came to his death on the 21st day of June 1889 near Rockton . . . by a gun shot wound in the head inflicted by parties to us unknown.

Coroner

Coroner: 

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Rockton

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Unknown
Inquest Images: 
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