The State vs. the Dead Body of Lizzy, Riller, Rose

their sculls [were broken] with an axe ... by the hands of their own Mother

Date:

October 2, 1846

Deceased

Lizzy

Description:

three negro children

Sex:

Female

Race:

Black

Age Descriptor:

three years

Child:

child

Parent(s):

Clarisy

Slave Status:

Enslaved

Owner:

Philip Brogden

COD Category:

Homicide

COD:

Sharp Instrument

COD Method/Implement:

axe

COD Inquest Finding:

upon their oaths do say the said Riller Lizzy and Rose were feloniously Killed and Murdered in the negro house of said Philip Brogden on the night of the 1st inst by breaking their sculls with an axe and cutting the throats of Riller & Lizza by the hands of their own Mother named Clarisy the property of said Brogden

Riller

Description:

three negro children

Race:

Black

Age Descriptor:

ten years

Child:

child

Parent(s):

Clarisy

Slave Status:

Enslaved

Owner:

Philip Brogden

COD Category:

Homicide

COD:

Sharp Instrument

COD Inquest Finding:

upon their oaths do say the said Riller Lizzy and Rose were feloniously Killed and Murdered in the negro house of said Philip Brogden on the night of the 1st inst by breaking their sculls with an axe and cutting the throats of Riller & Lizza by the hands of their own Mother named Clarisy the property of said Brogden

Rose

Description:

three negro children

Sex:

Female

Race:

Black

Age Descriptor:

four months

Child:

infant

Parent(s):

Clarisy

Slave Status:

Enslaved

Owner:

Philip Brogden

COD Category:

Homicide

COD:

Sharp Instrument

COD Inquest Finding:

upon their oaths do say the said Riller Lizzy and Rose were feloniously Killed and Murdered in the negro house of said Philip Brogden on the night of the 1st inst by breaking their sculls with an axe and cutting the throats of Riller & Lizza by the hands of their own Mother named Clarisy the property of said Brogden