Lewis

First Name: Lewis
Description: 
negro man, boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oats do say that the said Lewis did come to his death. . .By the discharge of a pistol on Sunday the tenth ist in hands of Benja[?] Glanton

COD Short Description: 
shot with pistol
Original Record: 
3623
Owner: 
Charles Hammond

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