The State vs. the Dead Body of Muse

Date: 
September 18, 1831

Deceased

Muse
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Roger Parish
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

do upon their oaths sayeth that the sd. Slave above mentioned died by the visitation of God a natural death on the 18 Instant. . .by lying in the open air the weather being very cool and he being very old and very thin clothed

Coroner

Coroner: 
John J. Jones
Coroner Title: 
Justice of the Quorum

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the resident of Roger Parish
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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