Exposure

Description: 
child
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Age Descriptor: 
about five years old
Child: 
child
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oathes do say that the said Elick Youngblood come to his death near S R Warren water gin on Polys[?] Branch ... from Exposure Caused by the wilfull Neglect and cruel treatment of Eliza Hunt[?]

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
sunstroke
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said Edward Horton came to his death by acissive bleeding of the nose or Sun Stroke or both combined

Description: 
slave, boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say. . .from drinking an [?] quantity of water when heated. . .came to his death by misfortune

Description: 
colored man (Free)
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Age Descriptor: 
very advanced age
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Tom Waldrum in manner and form aforesaid he was frozen to death in the woods. . .some time during the snow storm

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

upon their oats do say that the said Benjamin Cockroft came to his death from the effects of being dissipation and lying on the cold ground

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

upon ther oaths do say that he was the cause of his own death . . .come to his own by Drinking & Exsposure by laying out in the wet & cole

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

do say on their oaths that the said Totty Came to his Death we Belive By toxication[?] in [?] and [?] By haggs[?] in a [?]

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

do say upon their oaths that he died by the visitation of god in a natural way by accidentaly getting frozen to death

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Method/Implement: 
freezing
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that the said Joseph Mulligan . . .died by the visitation of God by freezing

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

do say upon their oaths that the said Mr. Lary came to his death, in our opinion for want of attention in consequence of his own conduct exposing himself in bad weather from intoxication

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