The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles

Date: 
September 25, 1861

Deceased

Description: 
slave, boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say that the said Charles came to his death. . .from the affects of a gun shot in the hands of Z.[?] P. Claxton the shot taken affect in the samll of the back

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Elijah Watson

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Z. P. Claxton
Inquest Images: 
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