Owens Murder; Coroner Inquest My grgrandfather, Charles Lidy (or Lide) Owens, was murdered in Lee Co., VA on December 22, 1890. The how and why of this murder are unsubstantiated. We would love to know more about the murder, why it was done, and who did it. In court records of the settlement of the estate, entries are made for a "Mr. Cunningham, coroner," and for "twelve jurors on inquest." Does anyone have ANY idea about the procedures for the coroner's inquest? Who would have had the records? How long they would have been maintained? In which Lee Co. court office where we might make inquiries? Milly WARD Piros <A HREF="http://www.geocities.com/millyella/listofpages.html">A List of All My Pages</A> http://www.geocities.com/millyella/listofpages.html My Mind Is Like Lightning.....One brilliant flash and Pooooooooooffffffffffffffffffff it's gone..