Augustus W. Burt

First Name: Augustus
Middle Name(s): W.
Last Name: Burt
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
COD Method/Implement: 
axe
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said A.W. Burt was Killed by his own slave Toll with an axe

COD Short Description: 
hit with axe
Original Record: 
3521

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