The State vs. the Dead Body of James Barksdale

Date: 
January 6, 1859

Deceased

James Barksdale
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the deceased came to his death from some unknown cause to the Jurors

Coroner

Coroner: 
H. S. Neel
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at E.P. Francis
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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