The State vs. the Dead Body of Friday

Date: 
October 6, 1830

Deceased

Friday
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Robert Martin
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say . . .that the sd Friday a slave came to his death by accident . . .on tyson River by the water wheel of Gd[?] Mill catching him the sd Friday a slave between the arm of Gd[?] wheel and a sile near it

Coroner

Coroner: 
Samuel Davis
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Robt Martin
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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