The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles

Date: 
March 7, 1857

Deceased

Description: 
negro boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say. . .he came to his death by lying down and going to sleep on the wet and cold ground and the Rain and water running over him

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Archy Clark residence

Source

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