The State vs. the Dead Body of Peter

Date: 
March 31, 1848

Deceased

Peter
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
D. M. A. Moore
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
rifle
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that he came to his death by the hands of C. Alexander being shot with a rifle ball through the head

Coroner

Coroner: 
A. Wingo
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at or near Calum Foster's[?]
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
C. Alexander
Inquest Images: 
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