The State vs. the Dead Body of David Jeans

Date: 
March 5, 1870

Deceased

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

We the undersigned Jurors do say that we believe the said david Jeans freedman came to his death by the Visitation of God.

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. R. Wilson
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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