The State vs. the Dead Body of Will

Date: 
November 18, 1854

Deceased

Will
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
William Nevitt
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Blunt Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
rail
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say that the said deceased came to his death?from wounds inflicted on the 6th day of said month with the end of a rail in the hands of Robert C. Nevitt that Robert C. Nevitt the said slave [unkown word] misfortune and in self defense & contrary to his will in manner & form aforesaid did kill & slay

Coroner

Coroner: 
John C. Horton
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at William Nevitt's
County: 
Anderson County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Robert C. Nevitt
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