The State vs. the Dead Body of Clarissa Campbell

Date: 
March 29, 1867

Deceased

Clarissa Campbell
Description: 
freedwoman
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

that the said Clarissa Campbell a freedwoman came to her death natural by the act of God

Coroner

Coroner: 
A. Todd
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Sarah Campbell
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

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