Certification of Service for Dr. Bazil Middleton
Document 1789Certifies that Bazil Middleton was appointed a surgeon in the Virginia Line beginning in 1777 and continued to act as such until the British occupation of Charleston in 1780, when he joined the Southern Army. Clough Shelton - commissioned officer at that time of the Virginia Line - confirms this fact.
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[Certificate B. G. James Woods & [undecipherable] Shelton]
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Type
Document Signed
Description
Certifies that Bazil Middleton was appointed a surgeon in the Virginia Line beginning in 1777 and continued to act as such until the British occupation of Charleston in 1780, when he joined the Southern Army. Clough Shelton - commissioned officer at that time of the Virginia Line - confirms this fact.
Date
03/18/1789
Author
Recipient
Document number
1789031890001
Page start
1
Note
Copied by Joseph Howell Jr
Notable persons
Doctor Bazil Middleton
Clough Shelton
James Woods
Joseph Howell
surgeon
Virginia Line
British
Southern Army
Clough Shelton
commissioned officer
Brigadier General James Woods
prisoner
Doctor Baldwin
Virginia Troops
Notable locations
Charleston
Virginia
South Carolina
Winchester
Charles Town
Notable items
appointment
British occupation of Charleston
certificate
reduction of Charleston
prisoner exchange
deranged

