Apling

First Name: Apling
Description: 
negro man
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths do say that they believe the decd to be the remains of Ap or Apling . . .and that he came to death by a leaden ball shot from a gun[?] or pistol by the hands of some person or persons unknown

COD Short Description: 
shot by unknown person
Original Record: 
3454
Owner: 
Martin Posey

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