The State vs. the Dead Body of Alfred

Date: 
June 16, 1862

Deceased

Alfred
Description: 
runaway slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Drury Casle
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Hanging
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that within the incorporation of Williamston on the night of the 15th of June. . .that he came to his death by some person or persons unknown to the jurors by hanging by the neck until his body was dead.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Austin Williams
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
At Williamston
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

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