The State vs. the Dead Body of Peter

Date: 
February 16, 1865

Deceased

Peter
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John Dent
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

do Say . . .did came to his death by causes unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
M. C. Hughes
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Corman Gaal[?]
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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