The State vs. the Dead Body of slave

Date: 
November 1, 1864

Deceased

slave
Description: 
slave
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Wyatt Patterson
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he died from causes unknown to the jury

Coroner

Coroner: 
Y. S. Moroney[?]
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the depot in Camden
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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