The State vs. the Dead Body of Jack

Date: 
September 4, 1862

Deceased

Jack
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Pembrook Johnson
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
pistol
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said Jack did come to his death from a pistol shot inflicted by George T. Smith the overseer of Mrs. Ann Johnson. . .the act was done by him intentionally for disobeience.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Solomon M. Geer
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Mrs. Ann Johnson's residence
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
George T. Smith
Perpetrator Description: 
Overseer
Inquest Images: 
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