The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom

Date: 
February 5, 1853

Deceased

Tom
Description: 
negro boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Harling Quarles
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say the said negro boy . . .died in some natural way unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
Robert Anderson
Coroner Title: 
Notary Public acting as Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the late residence of Col Harling Quarles[?] deceased
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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L19077_0001_134.jpg

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