The State vs. the Dead Body of Samuel M. McJunkin

an ax glanced out of a Negroe man [?] hand Stroake him under the Chin and Split him upward

Date: 
June 1, 1815

Deceased

Samuel M. McJunkin
Description: 
Capt
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Other

Coroner

Coroner: 
William Kennedy
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

County: 
Union County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Dick
Perpetrator Description: 
slave
Perpetrator Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

Saith that the Desd Samuel McJunkin Came to his Death according to all Evidence and Circumstance that Came Before them Came to his Death By the Stroake of an ax glanced out of a Negroe man [?] hand Stroake him under the Chin and Split him upward which was the Cause of his Death ... Negro man name Dick Belong to Sd McJunkin

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