The State vs. the Dead Body of Sam

Date: 
June 14, 1858

Deceased

Sam
Description: 
Slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Henry Spiers
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

who came to his death by drowning in Butlers Mill Pond

Coroner

Coroner: 
John E. McDonnald
Coroner Title: 
acting coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Henry Spiers[?]
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
L19077_0001_265.jpg

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