1808--Lodick Campfield Charged With Murder of a Slave

Item

Title
1808--Lodick Campfield Charged With Murder of a Slave
Date
2 Mar 1808
Formatted date
1808-03-02
Event type
Murder
Description
On March 2nd, Lodick Campfield was charged with murdering a negro boy, Ned, his slave. Lodick moved to quash proceedings because his name was really Ziba, and on the day of the murder he was called Zedick. No bail was offered, he was taken directly to jail. Moses Rouse reported that, on the way to Crisler's mill on Wednesday, February 24th, 5-6 miles from the courthouse on Wilmington-Newport road, he had heard a noise and saw Campfield and the boy and heard a beating and cries. He asked what was the matter and Campfield “observed that the damned son of a bitch had dirted (sic) himself” and that Campfield took him off his horse to make him clean himself “and was correcting him.” Rouse said he was willing to buy the boy but Campfield could not agree to that. James Allin was at his sugar camp near the road leading from the courthouse to the mouth of Second Creek, he met Campfield who said he was taking the boy to W. Alloway to take to the river and sell him but the boy fell off of his horse and he (C) feared him dead. Allin found the boy as he thought “entirely dead” though Campfield wanted him bled. The next day Allin “found several marks of violence on the neck and face with the appearance of finger nails on the neck”.
Participant
African American(s): Ned
Slave holder(s): Campfield, Lodick
Campfield, Lodick
Other participant(s): Alloway, W.; Ziba; Zedick
Witness
Rouse, Moses
Allin, James
Related resource
Allin family
Campfield family
Alloway family
Rouse family
Courthouse (BE 143)
Crisler's Mill
Bibliographic citation
Boone County Court Order Book, A

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Title Class
Campfield, Lodick Person