James Brown

First Name: James
Last Name: Brown

James Brown Inquests

Displaying 1 - 3 of 3
Name Deceased Description Date Inquest Location County Death Type Death Methodsort ascending Inquest Finding
slave slave June 5, 1805 in woods near Camden Kershaw County, SC Suicide check string

do say upon their oaths that in a certain wood near Camden with a certain check string which he then & there voluntarily hanged and suffocated [himself]

Harry slave August 13, 1807 at McRae & Cantey's Merchant (grist) mill Kershaw County, SC Accident

do say upon their oaths that the said negro slave came to his death by misfortune

Tom slave May 5, 1805 at plantation of John Chesnut, Esquire Kershaw County, SC Accident

do say upon their oaths. . . that the said negro in escaping from him [the overseer] attempted to swim the river, and was drowned

Source ID: 
517

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