The State vs. the Dead Body of Dave

Date: 
February 6, 1830

Deceased

Dave
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
James Brockman
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that they think that he [died] with [?] in James Brockman's cotton gin

Coroner

Coroner: 
Thomas Wood
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Quorum

Location

Inquest Location: 
at James Brockman's Mill
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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