Bertie COUNTY NC Court Coroner's Inquest - Death of Unknown Woman Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by F.B. Firstbeam@aol.com http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie.htm Coroner's Inquest - Death of Unknown Woman North Carolina Division of Archives & History Raleigh, NC CR 010 928.9 Inquest over an Unknown woman Filed June 7, 1912 W L Lyons csc State of North Carolina to any Constable or other lawful Officer of Bertie County - Greeting: You are commanded forthwith to summon a Jury of six good and lawful men to appear before the undersigned at Spellers Ferry in Indian Woods township at 12 OClock - M - on 6 day of June 1912 to inquire into and do such things as shall be given them in charge in behalf of the State. And you are also commanded to be then and there yourself with this precept. Herein fail not. Jos B Ruffin Coroner ____________________________________________ Jured 6th June 1912 J W Cooper Sheriff ____________________________________________ State of North Carolina Bertie County } Be it remembered that on the 6 day of June 1912 I J B Ruffin Coroner of said County attended by Jury of good and lawful men viz: - T. J. Webb A. A. Askew J Bridger Richard Taylor J. P. Joyner G. C. White by me summoned for the purpose according to law and after being duly sworn and empaneled at Spellers Ferry in Indian Woods Township Bertie Co, did hold an inquest over the dead body of an unknown woman after inquiring into the facts and Circumstances of the death of the deceased from a view of the corpse and of all testimony to be procured the Jury finds as follows to wit: that the deceased came to her death by some means unknown to them - Inquest held Signed & Sealed in the presence of J B Ruffin Coroner of Bertie County } Richard Tayloe (Seal) T. J. Webb (Seal) James Bridger (Seal) A A Askew (Seal) J P Joyner (Seal) G. C. White (Seal)