The State vs. the Dead Body of Wesley Barksdale

Date: 
April 29, 1884

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Wesley Barksdale came to his death by a gun shot wound by his own hands against the peace and dignity of State aforesaid.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
on the Premises of A W Teague
County: 

Source

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