John Gregory

infant negro child
Description: 
infant negro child
Race: 
Black
Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Rose
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John Gregory
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Suffocation
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that . . .they do belive that the child was Smothered to death accidently by its mother in her Sleap

Dinah
Description: 
slave
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
John Gregory
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Heart
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that she died of [?] of the heart which has been protracted[?] for the last ten or twelve months

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