The State vs. the Dead Body of Jarrett

Date: 
February 9, 1809

Deceased

Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD Method/Implement: 
hoe
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that at the House of the aforesd. James Loughridge in the Village aforesaid on the ninth day of the Instant upon view of the body of the said boy saith that the aforesaid Boy on the night of the Eighth Instant died by the hands of James Loughridge aforesaid through Several Strokes from the Edge and corner of an Iron Hoe, and a large stick.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the House of James Loughridge
County: 

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
James Loughridge
Inquest Images: 
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