The State vs. the Dead Body of Nancy

Date: 
November 11, 1857

Deceased

Nancy
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
J. D. Burnett
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

after hearing the evidence do think that the dec'd came to her death by the act of God or mischance

Coroner

Coroner: 
Isham Wood
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

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