The State vs. the Dead Body of Nelson Pettifoot

Date: 
February 11, 1848

Deceased

Description: 
free black
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Accident
COD Method/Implement: 
wagon
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say the deceased came t his death by the wagon running over him

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the edge of the town of Camden
County: 

Source

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