Lenoir County NcArchives History....Prescription, 1848

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Joe P. Sutton, PhD, sutton@edtesting.com, [date].

Clellan Sutton Collection, Bucklesberry Community, La Grange, NC.

DR. JAMES M. DAVIS TO MUGAR "MAJOR" PARKS, 1848

Mr. Parcks Sir I send by Donass some 
medicine for Dickey. You will give him 
two of the pills every [word, 'other' 
crossed out] other night com-
mencing Tuesday night on Wednesday 
night give him Two tea spoonful of 
Salts and repete every other night 
March 27th 1848 James M. Davis 

[back side] 

Mr. Major Parcks

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Comments:

This document was retained in the Clellan Sutton Collection as a 
result of the marriage between Martha (Patsy) Sutton and her first 
husband, Mugar "Major" Parks. Martha was a daughter of Hardy and 
Annie Hill Sutton, through which the documents in this Collection 
were channeled. Major and Martha were the parents of three children, 
one of whom was Martha Jane Parks Sutton Barwick, which made Martha 
Jane a granddaughter of Hardy and Annie. Martha Jane first married 
Alonzo Sutton, son of Jeremiah, Sr. and his first wife, Tabitha 
Hayes Sutton. Alonzo died prematurely leaving Martha Jane a widow 
with several young children. Martha Jane later married second 
husband, John Frank Barwick.

Parcks is a variation of the more common surname, Parks.

Donass and Dickey may have been black slaves on the Parks farm, 
given the pre-Civil War date of 1848 of this document.

James M. Davis was a local physician, see
http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/lenoir/deeds/dbook7b.txt 

Well within geographic and travel proximity to Bucklesberry, Dr. 
Davis resided on the South side of the Neuse River, Wayne County, 
see
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCY9-Y58?i=196&cc=1401638