Simon

First Name: Simon
Description: 
slaves
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Transportation
COD Method/Implement: 
boat
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that the said Peter Betty Liz Ellen Louisa and Simon came to there deaths. . .by the accidental sinking of a battoe which they were in by which they there were drowned

COD Short Description: 
boat sank
Original Record: 
3602
Owner: 
Wiley Glover

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