The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant child of Ellen, enslaved by Robert Workman

Date: 
July 6, 1855

Deceased

Description: 
Infant child of Ellen, enslaved by Robert Workman
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Parent(s): 
Ellen
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say that the said Infant came to its death by violence by the hand of some person unknown against the peace and dignity of the same State aforesaid and that the negro woman that Doct J.J. Boozer was sent for to see is an Idiot.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at a grave yard near Odells Mill
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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