Craven County NcArchives Court.....Ferebee, Essex 1879
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Source: N C Archives
Written: 1879

Folder: Inquests 1876-1879
Name of deceased: Essex FEREBEE, aged 14 years
DOD: 1 Aug 1879
Witnesses: John L. MIDGETT, Killis SPATES, Fanny BOON, Samuel GIBSON, Jerry 
ROBINSON, Sam MOORE, Sarah DOZIER, Tom BOON, Molly FERRIBEE
Witness statements: MIDGETT says he was crabbing at the end of the bridge, and 
heard someone halloa out that Essex was being drowned, ran down on the bridge 
to where he was and saw him go down--saw nothing but his hands. SPATES says he 
was at the end of the bridge crabbing and a little boy called to him and said 
that Essex was in swimming and would drown. SPATES ran down to the spot where 
the boys were and saw the hands of Essex as he sank for the last time. Sam 
GIBSON, Sam MOORE & Tom BOON were with Essex crabbing when he fell in. F. BOON 
says she was with the previous two witnesses crabbing at the end of the bridge 
when she heard someone say Essex was swimming. She told him not to go in 
because the water was so deep. She did not see him go in. GIBSON said that 
when he first saw Essex he was in the water going down the last time. He had 
no fuss with anyone. GIBSON was about 20 feet away, and did not see or hear 
him when he fell in. He told the boys Essex was in swimming and he would 
drown. ROBINSON said that when he heard he had drowned, he began to search for 
him, and kept at it till he found him lying on his back on the bottom of the 
river. MOORE says he didn't see him at all and doesn't know anything about it. 
DOZIER says all she knows is what GIBSON said. T. BOON says he never saw him 
until he saw him going down the last time; he was about 40 or 50 yards away. 
FERRIBEE said she is the mother of Essex. She did not know that he was down to 
the water till she heard he had drowned.
Inquest verdict: Inquest held 1 Aug 1879. Deceased came to his death by 
accidental drowning.


Additional Comments:
Craven County Coroners' Inquests 1870-1905 (broken series)
Citation: CR.028.913.2


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