The State vs. the Dead Body of Namro

Date: 
August 11, 1844

Deceased

Namro
Description: 
negro man
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John Rainsford
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
club or stick
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the aforesaid namro a negro man was murdered near the house of R. Kenny Esqr . . .by Tim the property of L. Gomillion with a club or stick

Coroner

Coroner: 
R. Kenny
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Rob King Esqr
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Tim
Perpetrator Description: 
slave
Perpetrator Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Inquest Images: 
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