The State vs. the Dead Body of Ann

Date: 
July 26, 1861

Deceased

Sex: 
Female
Race: 
Black
Slave Status: 
Enslaved
Owner: 
COD Category: 
Suicide
COD: 
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon their Oaths do say That having examined the body of Ann they are satisfied she came to her death by drowning herself in B. Avery's Gin Pond by her own act

Coroner

Coroner: 
Coroner Title: 
Coroner

Location

Inquest Location: 
at Barrington Avery, Esq's Gin Pond
County: 

Source

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