Marcus

First Name: Marcus
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

we find that the negro is Marcus the property of D. A. Brevard but are unable to say whether his death was caused by certain blows inflicted on the head & drowning or by drowning alone

COD Short Description: 
hit on head and drowned
Original Record: 
2728
Owner: 
D. A. Brevard

Get in touch

  • Department of History
    220 LeConte Hall, Baldwin Street
    University of Georgia
    Athens, GA 30602-1602
  • 706-542-2053
  • admin@ehistory.org

eHistory was founded at the University of Georgia in 2011 by historians Claudio Saunt and Stephen Berry

Learn More about eHistory

Supporters

+ American Council of Learned Societies
+ DigiLab, Willson Center for Humanities and Arts, University of Georgia