The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom Waldrum

Date: 
January 20, 1857

Deceased

Tom Waldrum
Description: 
colored man (Free)
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Age Descriptor: 
very advanced age
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths aforesaid do say that the aforesaid Tom Waldrum in manner and form aforesaid he was frozen to death in the woods. . .some time during the snow storm

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Huiet
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
in the woods near Mr Avory Franklins
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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