Young Pitts

Mary Ann
Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Young Pitts
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Drowning
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say that the said nego Girl, Mary Ann, her lying dead came to her death by drowning in Walnut Creeke on the night of the first of July

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