The State vs. the Dead Body of unknown negro

Date: 
May 15, 1837

Deceased

unknown negro
Description: 
unknown negro
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

Doo say upon their oaths that the sade unknown . . .dide by the visitation of God by getting Drowned in Tigor River

Coroner

Coroner: 
Samuel Davis
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the plantation of A. Murphy or Joseph Prins[?]
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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