Jim

First Name: Jim
Description: 
negro boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
COD Method/Implement: 
knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, that the said Jim a negro boy. . .was there killed by a knife in the hands of Tom a negro boy belonging to James D Watson and as the knife belonged to Philip a negro boy belonging to the estate of A. J. Padget which said boy Philip was in compnay with the said Tom at the time

COD Short Description: 
killed by slave with knife
Original Record: 
3545
Owner: 

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