The State vs. the Dead Body of Washington

Date: 
February 1, 1857

Deceased

Washington
Description: 
negro man
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
R. F. Glum[?]
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that they believe Decsd Came to his death by misfortune though intoxication & exposure to rain & cold

Coroner

Coroner: 
Edwin M. Gregory
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Pullok[?]
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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

Wm Harin[?] being sworn sayith that he found Decesed about twelve Oclock Lying in and[?] on his face with a jug of Whiskey under him attached to a rope around his Neck

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