Joe

First Name: Joe
Description: 
slave, boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there Oaths do say the said Joe came to his death. . .from the effects of a gunshot in the hand of G M Broadwaters the shot taking affect in the left leg and thigh thereby producing his death

COD Short Description: 
shot in left leg and thigh
Original Record: 
3614
Owner: 
Dave M. Glover

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