Bertie COUNTY NC Court - Drowning David Minton Inquest File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Cathy Farris http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie.htm Inquest of Death of David MINTON, Accidentally Drowned. 2nd July 1820 4 Feb 2002 from Bertie Coroner, Misc. Records 010.928.9 NC Archives by Cathy Hart Farris State of North Carolina Bertie County: To John B. ACREE Constable, You are hereby commanded to summons Twenty four good and lawfull men of your county to be and appear before in Luke RABY one of the Coroners of the county aforesaid at the warehouse belonging to the Estate of Lewis THOMPSON dec'd., on Roanoke River then and there to inquire do and Execute in behalf of the State what shall be lawfully given them in charge touching the Death of David MINTON and be you then and there to certify what you shall have done on the premises and further is as and Executed what shall be in the name of the State then and thine enjoined you given under my hand and seal 2nd of July 1820. Luke RABY Coroner seal on the same page... State No Carolina Bertie County: An inquisition indented, taken at the warehouse of Lewis THOMPSON dec'd on Roanoak River in the county aforesaid in the year of Lord on 2nd day July 1820 before Luke RABY one of the Coroners for the afsd., county, upon the view of the body of David MINTON, which and there lying dead on the oath of Luke RABY, how and in what manner he came to his death. We the undersigned jurors after hearing the evidence of Luke RABY the aforesaid witness declare on our oaths that he came by his death on the following manner (to wit) that he the said MINTON and the witness aforesaid went in Roanoak River a working? on the first day of July 1820 and that the said MINTON, by Veturing? too far over his depth and not being able to swim, came to his death by accidentally getting drowned. Luke RABY, Coroner (the signature are original handwritten...cathy) Thos. RHODES Fourman seal, Wm. LANCASTER, seal Johnston HIGGS, seal Jesse HODGES seal Godwin COTTEN seal John FRAIM seal John YOUNG seal Baliss H. BOND seal Abraham SMITH seal Jesse COTTEN seal Henry SMTIH seal J. W. HARSTON? seal Abner BYRAM ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for FREE access. ==============