The State vs. the Dead Body of Peter

Date: 
December 22, 1851

Deceased

Peter
Description: 
Male Slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Holland Sumner
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that the said Peter came to his Death from causes unknown to us

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Gibbs
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at John Gibbes
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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