The State vs. the Dead Body of Richmond

Date: 
March 3, 1857

Deceased

Richmond
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Col. A. Jinkins
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say, by a wound in the head inflicted in the left temple, coming out in the left side of the forehead in Mr J.[?] H. Goodes black Smiths Shop . . .by a pistol shot by the hands of Joseph Williams

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Huiet
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at V[?] Elbert Blands residence at Edgefield Court House
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Joseph Williams
Inquest Images: 
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