Coroner Inquisitions
1853-1939
Washington Co, Maryland
Coroner Inquisitions are investigations into the deaths of individuals who died by a sudden, violent, unnatural, or suspicious manner, or who died without medical attendance. The coroner would summon a jury of twelve white men, usually prominent citizens of that locality, to assist him in determining cause of death.
Mid Maryland County Records website by Dorinda Davis Shepley
