1869, Thornton, Health

Title: 1869, Thornton, Health
Description: Thornton is mentioned in correspondence written by white enslaver and University of Virginia professor John Staige Davis to Dr. J. B. McCarty. In this letter, Davis lists an accounting of the doctor's visits to the estate of white enslaver William T. McCarty in 1869. Thornton is listed as having been visited by the doctor during his visit on June 24th. This letter is located in the Papers of John Staige Davis, MSS 1912.
Event Type: Health
Action Status: Completed
Date: 1869
Source: Papers of John Staige Davis, Professor of Anatomy, University of Virginia, 1840-1888, MSS 1912/MSS 2842, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia
Primary Participant: Thornton
Freedom Status: Enslaved
Enslaver: William T. McCarty