The State vs. the Dead Body of Caroline

Date: 
August 26, 1858

Deceased

Caroline
Description: 
Free negro
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Inquest Finding: 

came to her death from a blow from the sweep[?] of a carry[?] log, the property of A J Rambo

Coroner

Coroner: 
John E. McDonnald
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
four miles from Hamburg
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
L19077_0001_266.jpg

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