The State vs. the Dead Body of Adam

Date: 
August 3, 1850

Deceased

Adam
Description: 
negro man Slave, boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

Upon their Oaths do say, he came to his death by his own voluntary act in attempting to cross the mill pond when became drowned

Coroner

Coroner: 
James Ramsford
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Vaucluse Factory
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

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

I was informed that he had ran away when I went to Mr George Mathis to pursue him with his dogs ... I was intending to chastise him for theft, he had stolen Bacon from my wagon, he had ran away once before

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