Squire

First Name: Squire
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do Say that these two negroes came to there death by being shot by some person or persons unknown to us, from the evidence we think one of them is the boy Squire

COD Short Description: 
shot while sleeping in a field
Original Record: 
5187

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