The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles

Date: 
September 20, 1827

Deceased

Charles
Description: 
negro male slave, boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
David Johnson
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

say upon our oaths that from the testimony before us we do believe that the aforesaid Charles was drowned in Big[? Broad?] River by Misfortune

Coroner

Coroner: 
Gordon Gregory
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at David Johnsons
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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