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

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