Wilson Griffin

First Name: Wilson
Last Name: Griffin
Description: 
freedman
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Wilson Griffin freedman came to his death from a gun or pistole shot wound in the hands of some person or persons to the jurors unknown

COD Short Description: 
shot by person(s) unknown
Original Record: 
3673

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