The State vs. the Dead Body of Infant enslaved by W.B. Henderson

Date: 
January 14, 1865

Deceased

Description: 
Infant enslaved by W.B. Henderson
Sex: 
Unknown
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that they beloeve the Infant slave above mentioned came to its death by violence inflicted by the hands of some unknown person by thrusting a common sewing needle through the scalp into the brain. . .Either by the hand of the Mother, or The Slave Girl Lucy, The property of W.B. Henderson.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at W.B. Hendersons
County: 

Source

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