The State vs. the Dead Body of Daniel

Date: 
September 17, 1816

Deceased

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

do Say upon their oaths, that he came to his death by the visitation of God then and there to wit Reuben Meadows field aforesaid he died aforesaid and not otherwise. . .

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Peace

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Reuben Meadows
County: 

Source

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