Suffocation

Description: 
negro child
Race: 
Black
Child: 
child
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the Female child came to its death by mischance being accidentally smothered

Description: 
Infant child of Laurens & Nelly Simpson
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Parent(s): 
Nelly Simpson
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said infant child came to its death by "Accidental Smothering."

Description: 
Male Infant
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Parent(s): 
Nancy Dunlop
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say; that the deceased male infant came to his death by suffocation or mischance. . .

Description: 
Male Child of M.C. & Bella Moody
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Parent(s): 
Bella Moody
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the child died by strangulation accidental.

Description: 
Female Child of Press & Lindy Beasley
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said female child came to its death from "suffocation"

Description: 
Infant of Lucy Fowler
Sex: 
Unknown
Race: 
White
Parent(s): 
Lucy Fowler
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do Say the said child came to its death by accidental suffication [sic].

Description: 
Infant Child of Caroline Hunter
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Parent(s): 
Caroline Hunter
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths d say We Jurors afforesaid did examine the dead body of the said infant do say that the dead infant came to its death by accidental Smothering. . .

Description: 
Female Infant of Milly Campbell
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Parent(s): 
Milly Campbell
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say - that it came to its death by accidental Suffocation.

Description: 
Infant of George and Ann Crawford
Sex: 
Unknown
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

Upon their oaths, do say: By strangulation the cause of which is unknown to Jury

Description: 
Infant of Rick Rogers
Sex: 
Unknown
Race: 
White
Child: 
infant
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths, do say: that the said infant child came to its death from being accidently smothered in bed

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