John Sanders

First Name: John
Last Name: Sanders

John Sanders Inquests

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Namesort descending Deceased Description Date Inquest Location County Death Type Death Method Inquest Finding
James Baldwin infant June 8, 1825 at William Dilliard's plantation Union County, SC Accident

do say upon their oaths that the said James Baldwin came to his death by an accident, occasioned by his elder brother Henry Baldwin tying a Rope around his the said James Baldwin neck and fastening one end of said rope to a [?] fastened in the joist and the said Henry going off and leaving of it in that situation ... as a reason for tying the said child was that he was subject to eating of dirt and Salt[?] and that his brother done it to prevent him from getting the same whilst he was in the field at work

Source ID: 
641

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