Aleck Dorsey

First Name: Aleck
Last Name: Dorsey
Sex: 
Male
Child: 
child
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say, that he come to his death by the accidental burning of a house on the above noted plantation on the 22nd day of March A.D. 1877 about 8 or 9 O Clock in the morning

COD Short Description: 
burns from house fire
Original Record: 
4667

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