Jones County NcArchives Court.....Inquest, David Thompson 1866
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Jo Huettl johit@suddenlink.net February 11, 2008, 12:32 am

Source: Nc Archives
Written: 1866

Series CR57 Box 928.1 – Jones County Mis. Records at State Archives in 
Raleigh, NC)
Typed by Jo Ann Huettl

(On Backside of Page 1)

Coroners Inquest
Over the dead body
Of
David Thompson 

July 17th 1866

To 
Supr Court Fall Term 
1866

Page 1

State of North Carolina
Jones County

Be it remembered that on the 17th day of July 1866 I Robt M. Bridges Coroner 
of said County attended by a jury of good and lawful men viz J.D. May, Wm 
Stewart, Thos. E. Pritchett Asa B. Mallard, James Griffin, Peter Felton, F.C. 
Gooding, David King, J.N. Shuts, J.L. Philips, Emmanuel King and W. Gilbert by 
me summoned for that purpose according to law after being by me duly sworn and 
empannelled at David Thompson (cold) in the County  aforesaid did hold an 
inquest over the dead body of David Thompson and after inquiring unto the 
facts and circumstances of the death of the deceased from a view of the coops 
and all the testimony to procured the Jury find as follows. That is to say 
Witnefs Simon Miller duly sworn that he was at the fence near the house of 
David Thompson and went there to stay the night on the 16th day of July 1866 
and during the night he awoke and saw a man on the fence near him hollowing to 
some one at the door to break it open and then the man on the fence went to 
the house and then he heard the report of a fire arm. Then two men come back 
to the fence and got on a horse or mule he did not know which and went the 
road toward the Town of Trenton.  
Witnefs Amos Thompson duly sworn.
That he was in the house of David Thompson on the night of the murder and in 
the night there was some person

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come to the door made alarm and David Thompson got up and went to the door and 
opened it.  One man come in the house and asked if he had any fire arms.  
David Thompson said he had a gun he said get that and some person at the door 
said shoot him and the man in the house fired at the deceased then went out 
and went off.
We the undersign Jurors return this as our verdict that David Thompson come to 
his death on the 16h or 17th day of July AD 1866 by a shot by some person 
unknown to us

(signed) JS May (seal)
(signed) Wm Stewart (seal)
(signed) Thos. E. Pritchett (seal)
(signed) Asa B. Mallard (seal)
(signed) James Griffin (seal)
signed) Peter Felton (seal)
(signed) F. C. Gooding  (seal)
(signed) J. N. Shuts (seal)
(signed) J. L. Philips  (seal)
(signed) Emanuel King  (seal)
(signed) Wm Gilbert (seal)
(signed) David King (seal)


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