The State vs. the Dead Body of Asa Lipscomb

Date: 
December 24, 1866

Deceased

Asa Lipscomb
Description: 
freedman
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Free
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Firearm
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say that the said Asa Lipscomb was shot with a paper wad by Sam'l Shippy, Norris Shippy, or Frank Shippy ... by accident

Coroner

Coroner: 
Davis Moore
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Mrs. Jinetta Shippy's
County: 
Spartanburg County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
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