The State vs. the Dead Body of Henry

Date: 
December 25, 1830

Deceased

Henry
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Baley John Earle
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Exposure
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said Henry did come to his death?on the night of the 24th instant, by intoxication, or being intoxicated and lying out in the wet died of expsoure or?.came to his death by misfortune by the act of God.

Coroner

Coroner: 
Joseph Grisham
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
on public highway from Pendleton to Pickensville [modern-day Easley]
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

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