Matilda H. Posey

First Name: Matilda
Middle Name(s): H.
Last Name: Posey
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
stick
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say, she came to her death, by violence inflicted on her person. . .by a stick or some deadly instrument in the hands of a negro man name App, or Appling belonging to, or owned by Martin Posey

COD Short Description: 
hit with stick
Original Record: 
3518

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