The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry

Date: 
June 7, 1834

Deceased

Henry
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John McBeth
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that the S. Henry . . .died by the visitation of God by getting drowned accidentaly in Tyger River

Coroner

Coroner: 
Samuel Davis
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the House of John McBeth
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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