Reuben G. W. Grissett

Fanny
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Reuben G. W. Grissett
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say that the said slave Fanny the porperty . . . of the said R. G. W. Grissett did on Sunday the 20.th Inst came to her death by Misfortune or accidental drowning

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