Nelson

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

upon their oaths do say that they believe he the said Nelson came to his death by first drinking too much whiskey and being out on Sunday night or that his being out from whatever cause produced his death

COD Short Description: 
possibly drank too much
Original Record: 
3346
Owner: 
Gov. William H. Gist

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