The State vs. the Dead Body of William

Date: 
March 12, 1857

Deceased

William
Description: 
male slave, boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
T. J. Sarter
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that from what testimony they can get they are together with the wounds & bruises found on the body of the boy both on the head & [?] made by one Lewis Jones . . .came to his death that the said Lewis Jones the said boy William by misfortune & contrary to his will in manner & form afforesaid did Kill & Slay

Coroner

Coroner: 
Edwin M. Gregory
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Doct Milton [?]
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Lewis Jones
Perpetrator Description: 
overseer[?]
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Transcription: 

says that Lewis Jones said to him ... that the boy ran away & he caught him with the dogs & the negro drew the ax on him he Jones said he hit they boy with a stick & on Friday morning the boy taken sick & died & he Jones did not know whether the abuse he had given him had killed him or not

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