John

First Name: John
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Fall
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say. That the said slave John at the Residence of Daniel A Richardson on the 12th day of April in the afternoon came to his death, By accident the result of a fall producing a dislocation of the neck

COD Short Description: 
fell down a well
Original Record: 
4563
Owner: 
D.A. Richardson

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