George Prisock

First Name: George
Last Name: Prisock
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
hoe
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said George Prisock, was Struck one violent blow with a weading[?] hoe on the head which broke his skill, the above blow was Struck by a negro man Slave name James, the property of E. P. Porter

COD Short Description: 
hit with hoe
Original Record: 
3359

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