The State vs. the Dead Body of Nelson

Date: 
March 4, 1846

Deceased

Nelson
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Gov. William H. Gist
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that they believe he the said Nelson came to his death by first drinking too much whiskey and being out on Sunday night or that his being out from whatever cause produced his death

Coroner

Coroner: 
Isaac Gregory
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at a plantation of Col Wm H Gist
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

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