The State vs. the Dead Body of James Sloan

Date: 
July 18, 1867

Deceased

James Sloan
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Eliza Sloan
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that deceased came to his death from cause unknown.

Coroner

Coroner: 
E. Thompson
Coroner Title: 
Magistrate

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Solomon Jones
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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

Eliza Sloan (Freedwoman) sworn - Says I got up on the morning of the 17th I went to wake my child up and found it dead. It was lying on its back, eyes and mouth shut but hands clenched. My child six (6) weeks old. It had never been sick. The last time it waked was just before supper...

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