The State vs. the Dead Body of Pompey

Date: 
January 8, 1859

Deceased

Pompey
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
L.N. Allison
COD Category: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon there oaths do say; that Pompy came to his Death on the 2nd Int near H R Shells by the act of god

Coroner

Coroner: 
John Nabours
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at L.N. Allisons
County: 
Laurens County, SC

Source

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

J. W. Knight Made oath that he was passing by and found the said boy dead sitting by a large tree rather leaning with his head against said tree

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