The State vs. the Dead Body of Kate

Date: 
December 5, 1847

Deceased

Kate
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Ruth Nelson
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Injuries
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that they believe from the testimony of Jas. Love son that she came to her death by the falling of a tree accidentally upon her body

Coroner

Coroner: 
Hugh Young
Coroner Title: 
magistrate, acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Mrs. Jane Love
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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