James Hembree

First Name: James
Last Name: Hembree
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Sharp Instrument
COD Method/Implement: 
knife or dirk
COD Inquest Finding: 

do say upon their oaths that the said James Hembree?was killed and murderd by Nancy Black and Samuel Black by striking with a club or stick on the neck and shoulders and stabbing with a knife or dirk through the muscular part of the left thigh

COD Short Description: 
knife or dirk
Original Record: 
2362

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