The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry

a large ball entered the center of the back shattering the dorsal vertebra

Date: 
October 30, 1865

Deceased

Henry
Description: 
freemen formerly the slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
Owner: 
Rev. J. Furman Whildew
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Henry was killed and homicideed by some person or persons by the discharge of a gun to the jurors unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
H. J. Gilreath
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at or near Dr. Bery F. Few's
County: 
Greenville County, SC

Source

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

saw a track 40 steps from where decd lay where some one had turned suddenly and run

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