The State vs. the Dead Body of Sally

Date: 
December 15, 1850

Deceased

Sally
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Jeremiah Gregory
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths doo say . . .that the aforesaid sally . . .came to her death by misfortune or accident

Coroner

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

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Gerrymiah Gregorys
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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