The State vs. the Dead Body of Tom

Date: 
January 12, 1853

Deceased

Tom
Description: 
Slave, old negro man
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
left in charge of Sampson Williamson
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

Upon their Oaths do say, that the dead body of Tom lying in the branch near the residence of Henry Scott . . .came to his death, by accident or misfortune

Coroner

Coroner: 
J. W. Norris
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
near the residence of Harry Scott
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
L19077_0001_152.jpg
L19077_0001_153.jpg

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