The State vs. the Dead Body of Murian Walker

Date: 
December 17, 1872

Deceased

Murian Walker
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
rock
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Murian Walker in manner and form aforesaid Nelson Barksdale then and there feloniously did kill agains the peace and dignity of the same state aforesaid.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Thomas Owens
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at or near Highland house
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Nelson Barksdale
Inquest Images: 
Laurens_Cor_D5852_1090.jpg
Laurens_Cor_D5852_1091.jpg
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Transcription: 

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