Well, it looks like I goofed again !!! When I typed out Bill's Sackett line I managed to leave out Isaac's son Nehemiah Jobe Sackett married Emaline Wood So much for my goal of accurate information!! Thurmon On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 16:51:41 -0800 Thurmon E King <thurmonking@juno.com> writes: > Chris: > > First; Bill Sackett is a descendant of Isaac Sackett who contacted > me > saying that he had copies of the inquest documents which give the > answer > to Weygant's mystery concerning the death of Isaac. > > He sent me images of the documents and the part I posted is my > transcription. There were several images which were only portions > of > larger pages. I have pieced the pages together to make only 5 > images. > The images have been uploaded to the TSFA website. Maybe someone > else > can make a better transcription than I have of the parts I posted. > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tsfa/documents/0756-isaac/ > In the sworn testimonies there were statements concerning a piece of > paper found in Isaac's pocket book which was identified as (A). One > witness identified it as being Isaac's handwriting. The image > <isaac_inquest-5.jpg> has only the words: > "A. Sacket, I think it is sufficient to produce death." > I took this to possibly be the contents of the piece of pager > discussed > in the testimony. > > I will admit that I may have been wrong is saying that it was a shot > gun. > There is mention of caps, and a powder horn which would indicate a > muzzle loaded gun and I am not well enough versed on guns of that > period > to know whether or not there were muzzle loaded shot guns. My > assumption > that it was a shot gun came from the mention of "one barrel was > discharged" and I thought of a double barreled shot gun. There was > also > a statement about the discovery of a "stick" which was probably used > to > activate the trigger as would be necessary for one using a long > barreled > gun for such a purpose. > > I will also admit that I have been so excited at getting the inquest > information and information for Bill's line and some pictures of > individuals and headstones that I haven't asked him if he is a > member of > the SACKETT-L. His email address is <Sackettbill@aol.com> and his > name > is William Mark Sackett. His line goes > Isaac A. and Eunice Davis Sackett > Edwin M. and Lydia Osterhout Sackett > Samuel Edwin and Eliza Wiseman Sackett > Herman Eugene and Calinda Esther Greene Sackett > Samuel Nelson and Doris Jean Cranmer Sackett > William Mark and Sally Dyer Sackett > > Regards, > Thurmon > TSFA Historian > > > On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 11:21:57 -0000 "Chris Sackett" > <chris@sackett.org.uk> > writes: > > Thurmon, > > > > Thanks for posting the Isaac Sackett inquest report. Very > > interesting, if > > gruesome. > > > > Did Bill Sackett indicate the source of this document? Come to > that, > > who is > > Bill Sackett? Is he a member? > > > > Is the comment at the end > > > > > It appears that there was a short note found in his pocket book > > which > > > said: > > > "I think it is sufficient to produce death." > > > > part of the inquest report? > > > > Kind regards, > > Chris > > > > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To post a message, address it to:sackett-l@rootsweb.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, address it to: > > sackett-l-request@rootsweb.com (SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the > > body) > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== SACKETT Mailing List ==== > RootsWeb blocks HTML formatting in email messages. Be sure to set > your > email software to text only before posting a message to the list. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > >