The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom

Date: 
October 25, 1859

Deceased

Tom
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Joseph Murphy
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Fall
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Tom [a] slave of Joseph Murphy came to his death by a fall from a log and broke his neck

Coroner

Coroner: 
W. D. Hogan
Coroner Title: 
magistrate, acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the residence of Joseph Murphy
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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