The State vs. the Dead Body of George

Date: 
October 9, 1822

Deceased

George
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John Williams
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
Hanging
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths, and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their oaths aforesaid, say that the aforesaid infant Child the aforesaid Susannah Finny, then and there feloniously Did kill and murder, against the peace of this State.

Coroner

Coroner: 
William Foley
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at John Williams
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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