The State vs. the Dead Body of Mell Barksdale

Date: 
March 17, 1873

Deceased

Mell Barksdale
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Mell Barksdale came to his death by means unknown to them as all the body was not found

Coroner

Coroner: 
Thomas Owens
Coroner Title: 
Trial Justice

Location

Inquest Location: 
near Eden
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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