Re: Brigmans in N.C., S.C.
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In reply to:
Re: Brigmans in N.C., S.C.
elaine jones 11/03/99
Followup here to my own query:
How did Dr. John Washington Strong Brigman receive the title of Doctor? Census records of Marlboro Co.SC state he could not read or write. Oral history within allied Brigman lines report that it was said he was too old to fight during his service in the Civil War so that he was assigned as an assistant to surgeons or medics amputating limbs. This is the only explanation I have located to date.