The State vs. the Dead Body of Powell

Date: 
August 10, 1851

Deceased

Powell
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Mrs. Brevard
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

on their oaths say ... that Powell in manner and form aforesaid came to his death by some misfortune or accident

Coroner

Coroner: 
H. N. R. Workman
Coroner Title: 
magistrate, acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Mr. John Whitaker's plantation on Wateree River
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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