The State vs. the Dead Body of Benjamin Farmer

Date: 
April 9, 1804

Deceased

Benjamin Farmer
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths [that] a certain Denis Crain with volence and force of arms ... did attack, wound & kill ... Benj'n Farmer

Coroner

Coroner: 
Alexander Evins
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the dwelling house of Benjamin Farmer
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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