The State vs. the Dead Body of Tower

Date: 
December 27, 1809

Deceased

Tower
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Benjamin Strange
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that they believe his death came by the act of god

Coroner

Coroner: 
James Bumpass
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Benjamin Strange's
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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