The State vs. the Dead Body of Fom[?]

Date: 
July 2, 1858

Deceased

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

upon their oaths do say that Fom[?] came to his death by an act of (God)

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate acting as Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the Rev. W. W Gwin on cedar creek

Source

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