The State vs. the Dead Body of Unknown

child was found ... in a fish Trap

Date: 
July 13, 1830

Deceased

Sex: 
Unknown
Race: 
Black
Child: 
child
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that upon the evidence adduced that the said child was found on the evening of the 18th Inst. found in a fish Trap near the above named ferry prior to that time they are not able to asertain and from not being able to asertain any marks of violence do believe to[?] come to its death by being drowned

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Rocky Mount Ferry

Source

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