The State vs. the Dead Body of Marcus

Date: 
April 12, 1836

Deceased

Marcus
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Owner: 
D. A. Brevard
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

we find that the negro is Marcus the property of D. A. Brevard but are unable to say whether his death was caused by certain blows inflicted on the head & drowning or by drowning alone

Coroner

Coroner: 
Malcolm McCaskill
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Gibson's Neck on the Wateree River
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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