VERDICT OF JURY IN THE INQUEST ON DEAD BODY OF GRANT DAVEE

State of Illinois
County of Jasper
For the people an inquisition taken for the people of the State of Illinois at the house of 
John Knotts in the township of Granville in said county of Jasper on the 15th day of July 1874 
before Lewis J. Ryan a Justice Of The Peace in and for said county upon the view of the
body of Grant Davee. there and there lying dead upon the aoths of John Benson, 
Jacob F. Hiles, William J. Swope. A.L. Phillips. S. Boyd. Z.H. McCubbins, N.S. Bridgman, 
John J. Foutz, T.S. Odell, William Eyers, Jeniah Harper, and B. W. Metheny, good and lawful 
men of said county who being duly sworn to inquire on the part of the people of the state of 
Illinois into all circumstances attending the death of said Grant Davee and by whom or what 
the same was produced and in what manner and when and where the said Grant Davee 
came to his death do say upon their oath that the said Grant Davee was on the 15th day of 
July 1874 in the county afore said and in the township afore said was killed by a stroke of lightning. 
Of which stroke of lightning said Grant Davee there and then died and so the jury afore said upon 
their oaths afore said do say that the afore said Grant Davee in the manner and by the means 
afore said casually and accidently and by misfortune came to his death and not otherwise. 
In witness whereof the jurors afore said have to this verdict set their hands on the day of this 
inquision afore said.

John Benson
Jacob F. Hiles
W.F. Swope
A. T. Phillips
Sylvestor Boyd
Z. H. M. McCubbins
D.N.S. Bridgman
John J. Foutz
T.S. Odell
William Ares
James Harper
B.W. Matheny

The within verdict was made up signed and delivered to me this 15th day of July 1874

Lewis S. Bryan J.P.