The State vs. the Dead Body of Caesar

Date: 
August 29, 1861

Deceased

Caesar
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
S. D. Hough
COD Category: 
Unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
T. P.[?] Murchison
Coroner Title: 
magistrate, acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
[at] S. D. Houg['s]
County: 
Kershaw County, SC

Source

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