The State vs. the Dead Body of Charmes

Date: 
October 7, 1865

Deceased

Charmes
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the Freedman Charmes came to his death by the act of God

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Nabors
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Levison Fowlers
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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