The State vs. the Dead Body of Ryal

Date: 
July 28, 1851

Deceased

Ryal
Description: 
Negro Slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Mr. John Thurmond
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that they boy Ryal went in the creek of his own accord and [?] to swim drowned

Coroner

Coroner: 
George W. Nixon
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Mr Thos McKies Batteau landing on Big Stephen's Creek
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
L19077_0001_117.jpg
L19077_0001_118.jpg

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