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Dr Flavius Josephus Robertson

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Dr Flavius Josephus Robertson

Birth
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
13 Feb 1862 (aged 37)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA Add to Map
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Father: Dr. Peyton Robertson
Mother: Ellen Davis
1845 - Attended, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1846 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (from: Davidson Co., TN; thesis: "Cinchona")
05/28/1846 - Mustered in, Capt. Cheatham's Co., 1st TN Infantry (Mexican War)
06/03/1846 - Elected, Asst. Surgeon, 1st TN Infantry
07/01/1846 - Appointed by the Col. Commanding as Asst. Surgeon
09/05/1846 - Discharged from the 1st TN Infantry by reason of a Surgeon's Certificate, Camargo, Mexico
03/03/1847 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, U. S. Army (from TN)
04/09/1847 - 07/31/1848 - Asst. Surgeon, 3rd Dragoons, U. S. Army
06/20/1850 (or 06/21) - Married, Laura Brown, Davidson Co., TN (she died in 1908)
09/13/1850 - Grocer, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN [In the 1850 U.S. Census for Davidson Co., TN, Flavius Josephus Robertson is indexed as F.S. Robertson]
1860 - Cotton planter, 3rd Ward, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
1861 - Appointed ?Surgeon by Governor Isham G. Harris [TN] in the Provisional Army of Tennessee and ordered to report to the Medical Board
00/00/1861 - Surgeon, Confederate States Army
11/00/1861 - Surgeon, Market St. Hospital, No. 3 [Old Lunatic Asylum], Nashville, TN
01/00/1862 - Prepared and signed a Certificate of Disability for Discharge for Pvt. W. B. Johnson, Arkansas Cavalry, 6th Battalion (Phifer's) ["chronic rheumatism - he has been under treatment in this hospital (no. 3) for the
last 30 days"], Pvt. Johnson was discharged from the Confederate Army at Bells Station, KY, on 01/26/1862.
01/03/1862 - Received $105.00 for commutation of quarters in Nashville, TN, as Surgeon, Medical Dept., Provisional Army of the Confederate States (P.A.C.S.), for the period, December 1, 1861 to December 31, 1861
01/28/1862 - Signed a receipt for one month's pay as a Surgeon, P.A.C.S. ($162.00/mo.)
02/13/1862 - Died, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN

Sheila Hewitt provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
07/24/2014. Unpublished database.


The following was added by the creator of this memorial, Sheila Hewitt:

Married Laura L. Brown 20 June 1850, in Davidson County, Tennessee.

Daughter was Nellie Robertson Jennings, b. about 1852, d. 24 Aug 1925, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee

1860 Federal Census

F J Robertson M 36 Tennessee
Laura B Robertson F 29 Tennessee
Nellie Robertson F 9 Tennessee
Medora B Robertson F 7 Tennessee
Aaron B Robertson M 2 Tennessee
Aaron V Brown M 17 District of Columbia
Father: Dr. Peyton Robertson
Mother: Ellen Davis
1845 - Attended, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
1846 - M.D. degree, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (from: Davidson Co., TN; thesis: "Cinchona")
05/28/1846 - Mustered in, Capt. Cheatham's Co., 1st TN Infantry (Mexican War)
06/03/1846 - Elected, Asst. Surgeon, 1st TN Infantry
07/01/1846 - Appointed by the Col. Commanding as Asst. Surgeon
09/05/1846 - Discharged from the 1st TN Infantry by reason of a Surgeon's Certificate, Camargo, Mexico
03/03/1847 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, U. S. Army (from TN)
04/09/1847 - 07/31/1848 - Asst. Surgeon, 3rd Dragoons, U. S. Army
06/20/1850 (or 06/21) - Married, Laura Brown, Davidson Co., TN (she died in 1908)
09/13/1850 - Grocer, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN [In the 1850 U.S. Census for Davidson Co., TN, Flavius Josephus Robertson is indexed as F.S. Robertson]
1860 - Cotton planter, 3rd Ward, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN
1861 - Appointed ?Surgeon by Governor Isham G. Harris [TN] in the Provisional Army of Tennessee and ordered to report to the Medical Board
00/00/1861 - Surgeon, Confederate States Army
11/00/1861 - Surgeon, Market St. Hospital, No. 3 [Old Lunatic Asylum], Nashville, TN
01/00/1862 - Prepared and signed a Certificate of Disability for Discharge for Pvt. W. B. Johnson, Arkansas Cavalry, 6th Battalion (Phifer's) ["chronic rheumatism - he has been under treatment in this hospital (no. 3) for the
last 30 days"], Pvt. Johnson was discharged from the Confederate Army at Bells Station, KY, on 01/26/1862.
01/03/1862 - Received $105.00 for commutation of quarters in Nashville, TN, as Surgeon, Medical Dept., Provisional Army of the Confederate States (P.A.C.S.), for the period, December 1, 1861 to December 31, 1861
01/28/1862 - Signed a receipt for one month's pay as a Surgeon, P.A.C.S. ($162.00/mo.)
02/13/1862 - Died, Nashville, Davidson Co., TN

Sheila Hewitt provided input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
07/24/2014. Unpublished database.


The following was added by the creator of this memorial, Sheila Hewitt:

Married Laura L. Brown 20 June 1850, in Davidson County, Tennessee.

Daughter was Nellie Robertson Jennings, b. about 1852, d. 24 Aug 1925, Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee

1860 Federal Census

F J Robertson M 36 Tennessee
Laura B Robertson F 29 Tennessee
Nellie Robertson F 9 Tennessee
Medora B Robertson F 7 Tennessee
Aaron B Robertson M 2 Tennessee
Aaron V Brown M 17 District of Columbia


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