The State vs. the Dead Body of Bob

Date: 
May 31, 1831

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that he came to his death by being accidentally drowned in the Catawba River at Rocky Mount Ferry

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Quorum

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Rocky Mount

Source

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