Robeson County NcArchives Military Records.....Wilkerson, Malcom August 18, 1866
Civilwar Company E, 51st North Carolina
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Receipt Of Wooden Leg

Order for
Malcom Wilkinson
18th Aug. 1866

I certify that I have received on the within order from Jewetts Patent Leg Co. 
an Artificial Leg which appears to work well.  Raleigh N.C. 18th Oct 1866
                                                                 M Wilkerson


Additional Comments:
Private Malcom Wilkerson, Co E, 51st North Carolina Troops, was among the 
veterans of North Carolina to receive an artificial limb for losses during the 
War Between the States.  There are seven documents filed in the holdings of the 
Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, in Raleigh, 
North Carolina, relating to Wilkerson's procurement of an artificial limb. On 
August 18, 1866, he received an upper left leg, manufactured by Jewett's Patent 
Leg Co.  The $70.00 limb was provided to him by the state.  The signature on 
the document shown here is believed to be an actual signature of Wilkerson.  
All documents found prior to this one only displayed an "X" indicating his mark 
as a signature. This document was found in the Governor's Papers, Jonathan 
Worth, Box 3.  The author is very grateful to Ansley Herring Wegner - Reference 
Archivist --North Carolina Division of Archives and History, for assistance in 
obtaining this information.



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