The State vs. the Dead Body of Loney

Date: 
November 20, 1848

Deceased

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

do find the following- verdict that Loney the Slave of John Harrison came to his death by accidental drowning in Wattoree River, and further we find no marks of violence oon his Body or person

Coroner

Coroner: 
John A Crumpton
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate acting as Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Harrisons Ferry
County: 
Fairfield County, SC

Source

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