The State vs. the Dead Body of Stephen

Date: 
December 18, 1860

Deceased

Stephen
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
M. Mungo
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Fall
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Stephen came to his death from a fall and which caused his neck to break

Coroner

Coroner: 
T. P.[?] Murchison
Coroner Title: 
magistrate, acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Mr. M. Mungo
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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