The State vs. the Dead Body of Sarah Hardy

Date: 
October 4, 1865

Deceased

Sarah Hardy
Description: 
free girl of color
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

We the Jurors can [?] deceasd came to her death by gun shot wound inflicted by some person unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
M. C. Hughes
Coroner Title: 
magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at William Page's
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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