Medium
medical records

Date of Original
1867/1872

Subject
Freedmen--Georgia--Athens
African Americans--History--19th century
Medical records--Georgia--Athens

Location
United States, Georgia, Clarke County, Athens, 33.96095, -83.37794

Type
Text

Description
Ledger documenting the African American freedmen and women cared for by Dr. Joseph Barnett Carlton in his Athens, Georgia medical practice. Dr. Carlton was a graduate of the University of Georgia and Medical College in Augusta, and served as a surgeon in the Toombs Regiment for the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War. Dr. Barnett additionally served in both the Georgia House and Senate. He died February 3, 1881. Funding for this project provided by Georgia HomePLACE, a unit of the Georgia Public Library Service.

Original Collection
MSS 032 Dr. J.B. Carlton Freedman medical ledger

Rights