The State vs. the Dead Body of negro

Date: 
March 25, 1838

Deceased

Description: 
negro
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say to the best of their knowledge the Boddy now before them is that of a negro man who came to his death by drowning but having no evidence before them cannot say when or where

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at James Chesnut's plantation
County: 

Source

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