SCOTT COUNTY ARKANSAS
CORONERS INQUISITIONS
The following information is from loose papers at the Scott County courthouse. They were copied and transcribed by Carolyn Hanna and published in a book entitled "Coroners Inquisitions" by Scott County Historical & Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 1560, Waldron, AR 72958. The book may be purchased from the Society for $10.00 plus $2.00 postage OR you may write to them for copies of the pages containing information on specific people listed below for $1.00 per page. The number of pages for each individual is indicated in the column at the right below. A Coroner's Inquisition took place when a death occurred under suspicious circumstances, or when someone was found dead with no witnesses to explain why. The county coroner usually impaneled a group of men from the neighborhood, called a coroner's jury, and they went to the location of the death and examined the evidence found there, interviewed witnesses, etc. and reached a decision on how the death had occurred.
Name |
Year of Death |
Number of Pages |
Abbee, Russ |
1928 |
1 |
Bates, Solon |
1883 |
2 |
Belote, Felix |
1925 |
2 |
Black, James |
1913 |
1 |
Bolden, Ellis |
1906 |
4 |
Brasher, Marion |
1906 |
3 |
Carter, Arthur |
1934 |
1 |
Clark, J.R.W. |
1907 |
2 |
Defoor, Joe |
1913 |
2 |
Dempsy, Billie |
1907 |
3 |
Dickson, A.V., Mrs. |
1911 |
1 |
Dugan, John |
1905 |
2 |
Evans, Alberta, Mrs. |
1937 |
1 |
Evans, Benjamin F. |
1908 |
1 |
Frazier, Thomas C. |
1902 |
2 |
Girtch, Henry |
1882 |
1 |
Halloran, Joe |
1903 |
1 |
Hector, James |
1930 |
1 |
Hill, Sarah |
1905 |
2 |
Horton, Willie Edgar |
1916 |
1 |
Hugo, Gene |
1949 |
1 |
Jamison, Thomas W. |
1906 |
2 |
Jasper, Tom |
1916 |
2 |
Jones, Walter |
1917 |
2 |
Kemp, Burrel |
1913 |
1 |
Kendall, F.C. |
1920 |
3 |
Kersey, Winfield Scott |
1906 |
3 |
Leamon, Warren L. |
1940 |
1 |
Lee, Alfred |
1905 |
4 |
Martin, Eva |
1912 |
1 |
Martin, W. |
1937 |
1 |
McCubbin, T.M. |
1914 |
1 |
Morgan, Charles |
1903 |
3 |
Musgrove, J.W. |
1912 |
2 |
Patton, Charles B. |
1903 |
2 |
Potter, Frank |
1927 |
2 |
Ryburn, Ben F. |
1905 |
3 |
Smith, Arie |
1905 |
3 |
Smith, George W. |
1930 |
1 |
Smith, Jesse C. |
1904 |
2 |
Stout, S.J. |
1903 |
2 |
Sykes, Andrew, Mrs. |
1933 |
2 |
Taylor, Efton |
1929 |
1 |
Taylor, Jesse |
1929 |
1 |
Thomas, William T. |
1882 |
9 |
Torino, John |
1917 |
1 |
Unknown |
1913 |
1 |
Vines, Bert |
1934 |
6 |
Walker, J.M. |
1882 |
6 |
Weeks, Sam |
1904 |
2 |
Williams, Jonathan |
1936 |
2 |
Williamson, Jim |
1906 |
2 |