The State vs. the Dead Body of Nancy

Date: 
September 20, 1830

Deceased

Nancy
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Elizabeth Jay
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

we are of the opinion that the said Nancy came to her death by wandering about And being willfully Neglected by her owner.

Coroner

Coroner: 
David Carnton
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Peace

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Banks creek
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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

Miss Nancy Owens sworn says she has been living with Mrs Jay about a month past say Never saw Nancy abused and she thinks she had plenty of food Nancy was in the habit of going off and staying two or three days at at time she heard Mrs Jay say she thought she had no right to maintain her.

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