Prophet Burt

First Name: Prophet
Last Name: Burt
Description: 
freedman
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
knife
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oath do say that the said Prophet Burt freedman came to his death by two stabs or cuts one on the side of his head the other on the back of his neck with a knife or some sharp pointed instrument in the hands of some person unknown

COD Short Description: 
stabbed to death
Original Record: 
3665

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