The State vs. the Dead Body of George

he would not have Shot him if he had not have run from him

Date: 
September 1, 1841

Deceased

George
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
William K. Clowney
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Firearm
COD Method/Implement: 
shotgun
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say . . .the above named slave was Shot with a Shot gun in the plantation of Wm. K. Clowney by Charles Ming the overseer of the above name plantation

Coroner

Coroner: 
Isaac Gregory
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the plantation of Wm. K. Clowney
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Charles Ming
Perpetrator Description: 
overseer
Inquest Images: 
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Transcription: 

it would not have happened if he had not run from him, he said he ordered him to stop if he did not he would shoot him

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