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The State vs. the Dead Body of Alias, Matt

Date:

July 14, 1838

Deceased

Alias

Sex:

Male

Race:

Black

Slave Status:

Enslaved

COD Category:

Accident

COD:

COD Method/Implement:

lightning

COD Inquest Finding:

do say upon their oaths that they believe from the evidence given that the two aforesaid Negro Men came to their death by Lightning and by no other way

Matt

Sex:

Male

Race:

Black

Slave Status:

Enslaved

COD Category:

Accident

COD:

COD Method/Implement:

lightning

COD Inquest Finding:

do say upon their oaths that they believe from the evidence given that the two aforesaid Negro Men came to their death by Lightning and by no other way

Coroner

Coroner:

Coroner Title:

Coroner

Location

Inquest Location:

at the plantation of Samuel Mobley

County:

Fairfield County, SC

Source

South Carolina Department of Archives & History

Columbia, SC

Inquest Images:

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