Edward Faircloth

First Name: Edward
Last Name: Faircloth
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
ax
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say that at a negro House on the primises of the residence of Edward T. Ricks. Was struck one mortal blow with the edge of an ax, inflicting a wound six inches long and throuhg to his hollow on his left brest by the hands of one Tilson a slave belong to James F. Clark of North Carolina

COD Short Description: 
hit with ax by slave
Original Record: 
4862

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