The State vs. the Dead Body of John Rhodes

Date: 
July 13, 1853

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Although it appears that the said John Rhodes has been missing ever since the day before Fall Court 1852, yet there is no proof to them that the said John Rhodes has ever been murdered

Coroner

Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Feathery Bay
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Pinckney Watts
Perpetrator Slave Status: 
Free
Inquest Images: 
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