The State vs. the Dead Body of Aaron

Date: 
February 23, 1858

Deceased

Aaron
Description: 
old negro man slave
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Age Descriptor: 
80 or 90
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Eden[?] N. Smith
COD Category: 
Natural Causes
COD: 
Unknown
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their oaths do say. . . that the said negro came to his death in a manner unknown

Coroner

Coroner: 
Edwin M. Gregory
Coroner Title: 
coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
in J[?] M Gadbury's[?] plantation
County: 
Union County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC
Inquest Images: 
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