The State vs. the Dead Body of Sam

Date: 
October 31, 1840

Deceased

Sam
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Child: 
child
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said boy Sam came to his death by the shot of a gun -which gun was accidently shot by a negro boy Allen about 8 years of age

Coroner

Coroner: 
James Phillips
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Nelson [?]
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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