The State vs. the Dead Body of Matt

Date: 
February 9, 1832

Deceased

Matt
Description: 
negro man
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
William Kelly
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon there Oaths that the Said negro . . .died with the visitation of God in a natural way

Coroner

Coroner: 
Samuel Davis
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
on the plantation of Doct. Jas Macham
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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