The State vs. the Dead Body of Charles

Date: 
November 14, 1842

Deceased

Charles
Description: 
negro boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Burns
COD Inquest Finding: 

Upon their oaths do say, that the boy Charles . . .came to his death by being burnt to death in an old house, accidently caught fire in some unknown or misterious way to us

Coroner

Coroner: 
Robert Anderson
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
On Mr Thos Oliver's Plantation, at or near Said Oliver's residence
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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

it was one of Mr Olivers Kitchens that was afire

I think the cause of the fire was that the decd woman Sharlott had went to bed with the pipe in her mouth, Smoking & from that the fire must have took place

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