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After the Civil War, the process remained the same but the racial distinctions stipulating jury eligibility no longer remained. However, as appointments still continued and juror eligibility reserved for those \"entitled to vote and hold office,\" the authority and influence in the hands of white citizens remained throughout the late 19th and early 20th century.","In 1877, an act of the General Assembly changed the number of jurors to six, and by 1926, only the coroner determined cause of death but they could require physicians to assist them with determining cause of death. Then in 1946, the General Assembly abolished the Coroner's office/ office of Coroner's Physician altogether, appointed instead a Chief Medical Examiner, and by 1950 transitioned to a statewide Office of the Chief Medical Examiner which now lives within the Department of Health.","If a criminal act was determined to be the cause of death, the coroner delivered the guilty person to the sheriff and the inquests would be used as evidence in the criminal trial. In this case, coroner's inquisitions were filed with the trial papers. If there was not a trial, coroner's inquisitions were filed separately and are more likely to appear in this collection as a standalone set of documents.","Locality History:  Isle of Wight County was named probably for the Isle of Wight off the south coast of England. It was first known as Warrosquyoake for an Indian tribe living in the area whose name means \"swamp in a depression of land,\" and was one of the original shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634. The present name was given in 1637. Parts of Nansemond County were added in 1769 and 1772.","Lost Locality History: Recognized as Warrosquyoake County, one of the original shires, in 1634 and given its present name in 1637. Most pre-Revolutionary War-era loose records are missing. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist. During the Civil War, the county clerk had Randall Boothe, a Black man he enslaved, transport the court records to Greensville and Brunswick counties for safekeeping. After the war ended, Boothe returned the records to Isle of Wight and served as courthouse caretaker.","These records came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court records from Isle of Wight in an undated accession, but were returned to the locality by request of the clerk in 2015","Physical original records of Isle of Wight Coroners' Inquisitions are retained in locality by the clerk of the Circuit Court for Isle of Wight County.","Isle of Wight County Coroners Inquisitions related to Black and Multiracial individuals pre-1867 were processed by LVA staff in 2013. These coroners' inquisitions were scanned for the purposes of Virginia Untold. The remaining coroners' inquisitions for Isle of Wight are not available through the Library of Virginia.","Encoded by M. Mason, March 2026.","See also: Isle of Wight County (Va.) Health and Medical Records","See also: Isle of Wight County (Va.) 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These causes of death would be determined by a white perspective and Black individuals were only consulted; they were never in a position to make decisions. After the Civil War, the process remained the same but the racial distinctions stipulating jury eligibility no longer remained. However, as appointments still continued and juror eligibility reserved for those \"entitled to vote and hold office,\" the authority and influence in the hands of white citizens remained throughout the late 19th and early 20th century.","In 1877, an act of the General Assembly changed the number of jurors to six, and by 1926, only the coroner determined cause of death but they could require physicians to assist them with determining cause of death. 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It was first known as Warrosquyoake for an Indian tribe living in the area whose name means \"swamp in a depression of land,\" and was one of the original shires, or counties, first enumerated in 1634. The present name was given in 1637. Parts of Nansemond County were added in 1769 and 1772.","Lost Locality History: Recognized as Warrosquyoake County, one of the original shires, in 1634 and given its present name in 1637. Most pre-Revolutionary War-era loose records are missing. Volumes that record deeds, court orders, and wills exist. During the Civil War, the county clerk had Randall Boothe, a Black man he enslaved, transport the court records to Greensville and Brunswick counties for safekeeping. 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