Bertie COUNTY NC Coroner's Inquest - Death of William Wellings- 1759 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Lisa Graham LisaGraham32@aol.com http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/bertie.htm William Wellings- 1759 Accidentally Drowned in Roanoake River. Coroner- Joseph Hardy Inquest held at the plantation of James LEGETT in Bertie Co. on May 4, 1759. Jury: James Legett- Foreman John Hyman, Luke Ward, Charles Houghton, Thomas Savage, Abraham Barbree, John Watson, William Smithwick, Benjamin Manning, William Bentley, John Savage, George Sutton, Daniel Handrick