BlankOK all of you Vail researchers. The following is a inquest into the death a person that took place during the Reign of King George, so we know that was sometime before 1776. What's interesting about this is that Edward Vail was the foreman of the inquest. As we all may or may not know, The North Carolina branch of the Vail family has had some difficulty in determining with certainty what branch of the Vail family they descend from and who specifically started the North Carolina branch. Most speculation is that the NC branch come from the Jeremiah Vail side. It is my belief that no one has yet to determine who the individual was. The following inquest places Edward Vail in Bertie County, NC on a specific date. As they didn't use the current calendar, one must determine the dates of Reign for King George. Death of Mildred Smithwick North Carolina At a Supreme Court of Justice Oyer of Terminor & General Goal Delivery began & held at Edenton on the Second Tuesday in April in the thirty first year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Second now King of Great Britain & so forth, for the Countys of Currituck Pasquotank Perquimons Chowan Bertie & Tyrrel before the Honorable Peter Henley Esq'r Cheif Justice of the Province aforesaid & the rest of the Justices of the said Courts~~ The Jurors for our Lord the King upon their Oath Present that Annis Legett late of Society Parish in Bertie County Spinster on the first day of July in the Thirty first year of the Reign of our sovereign Lord George the Second King of Great Britain France and Ireland defender of the Faith (and so forth) with Force and arms at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid in and upon one Mildred Smithwick in the Peace of God and our said Lord the King then and there being feloniously and in the fury of her Mind did make an assault and that the said Annis Legett with a Certain Sythe of the Value of one Shilling Sterling money of Great Britain which she the said Annis Legett in both her hands then and there had and held the said Mildred Smithwick in and upon the left Side of the Breast of her the said Mildred Smithwick then and there in the fury of her mind feloniously did Strike giving unto the said Mildrd Smithwick then and there with the Sythe aforesaid in and upon the said left side of the Breast of her the said Mildred Smithwick one Mortal wound of the Breath of Two Inches and Depth of four Inches of which said mortal wound she the said Mildred Smithwick then and there Instantly died and so the Jurors aforesaid upon their Oath aforesaid do say the said Annis Legett the said Mildred Smithwick in Manner and Form aforesaid then and there feloniously and in the Fury of her Mind did Kill & Slay against the peace of our said Lord the king his Crown and Dignity Robert Jones jun'r Atto. pro'd no Reg Dom Rex vs Annes Legett} Manslaughter Evil. Pro Rege Merriam Bentley Ruth Bentley Will: Smithwick Sworn & sent Sam Johnston SC Ignoramus-Edw'd Vail Foreman Robert S. Vail III Titusville, FL