The State vs. the Dead Body of Jim

Date: 
October 4, 1858

Deceased

Jim
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Giles Sharp
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that Jim came to his death for some cause unknown or the visitation of god

Coroner

Coroner: 
G. L. Gregory
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Giles Sharps
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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