Craven County NcArchives Court.....Searles, Temperence 1861
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Source: N C Archives
Written: 1861

Inquests 1860-1869 (broken series)	
Temperence Searles	
1861 [No specific date given; it was the 21st of some month, and was presented 
in court during the Fall term of 1861]	
Jesse EVERINGTON, Spicer LANE, Ann EVERINGTON, Norah KEEL, Enoch FULSHIRE
	
J. EVERINGTON stated that he left D. EVERINGTON's house about 10:00 and went 
toward the swamp and got over the fence, and saw "her" [i.e., 
deceased] "looking like she was standing up like" and called to Spicer LANE 
and told him to get the women folks. 

LANE asked if she were dead, then they went to her and found her dead hanging 
by a line. LANE went to the upper end of the field to hunt for Temperance and 
about 15 minutes later J. EVERINGTON called to him (then corroborates above 
statement). 

A. EVERINGTON states that she had in time past heard her say she intended to 
kill herself, and had tried to kill herself by drinking tea and said she would 
have drowned herself, but the water was too shallow.
 
KEEL states she was at the house (D. EVERINGTON's) and LANE came and said she 
was found, and they (A. EVERINGTON, KEEL, & LANE went to where J. EVERINGTON 
was and found her hanging by a rope dead. 

FULSHIRE stated he believed she was deranged. 

Verdict: Temperance SEARLES was deranged and that she willfully hung herself. 


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Craven County Coroner's records

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