The State vs. the Dead Body of Cesar

Date: 
July 7, 1843

Deceased

Cesar
Description: 
Negro, negro boy
Sex: 
Male
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
Elijah Watson
COD Category: 
Homicide
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say. . .believe said negro came to his death by a sever blow given him by Jerry one of said Watsons negroes not with the intention to Kill

Coroner

Coroner: 
Wiley Reynolds
Coroner Title: 
magistrate acting as coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at the house of Elijah Watson
County: 
Edgefield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History
Columbia, SC

Perpetrator

Perpetrator: 
Jerry
Perpetrator Description: 
slave
Perpetrator Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Inquest Images: 
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