Nelson Smith

First Name: Nelson
Last Name: Smith
Description: 
freedman, boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that Nelson Smith freedman came to his death from being shot with some kind of fire arms in the hands of two persons from the way he was shot by persons unknown

COD Short Description: 
shot by person(s) unknown
Original Record: 
3656

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