Ned

First Name: Ned
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said negro slave Ned the property of the estate of John Chesnut came to his death by drowning about six weeks ago

COD Short Description: 
unknown drowning
Original Record: 
2768
Owner: 
John Chesnut

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