The State vs. the Dead Body of Charley Campbell

Date: 
March 14, 1892

Deceased

Charley Campbell
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Parent(s): 
Melia Showers
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say "that Charley Campbell came to his death. By Accident or Misfortune, By the burning of the house he was in

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. P. Sloan
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Rhett Copelands
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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

Melia Showers, sworn says these are her children My sister hollowed to me that my house was on fire, I ran there fast as I could, they were taken out when I got there.

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