The State vs. the Dead Body of George Franklin

Date: 
December 4, 1866

Deceased

George Franklin
Description: 
of color
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that. . . he came to his death by means of a gun shot which entered about five inches below the right nipple & passed out just above the left [?] bone at Thor[?] Callaway's still house

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. F. Taylor
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Hush[?] Creek
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
unknown
Inquest Images: 
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