Jonas Brewton

First Name: Jonas
Last Name: Brewton

Jonas Brewton Inquests

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Name Deceased Description Date Inquest Location County Death Type Death Method Inquest Finding
Bill slave May 14, 1848 at John H. Wofford's Spartanburg County, SC Suicide hickory bark

upon their oaths do say that the said Negro man slave Bill did with a piece of Hickory bark by his own hand feloniously hang himself by the neck against the peace and dignity of the state

Source ID: 
526

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