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The Truth. Josiah Gordon Scurlock was born January 11th 1850 in Alabama. He briefly studied medicine in New Orleans and this gave him the nickname 'Doc'. He moved to Mexico in 1870 and got involved in an argument over a card game. Guns were drawn and the other man shot first, the bullet knocked out Doc's two front teeth and exited through the ...
Josiah 'Doc' Scurlock is reported to have left the West for the East, taking with him a celestial bride, her mother and fourteen brothers and sisters. Susan McSween went on to see both her husband's and John Tunstall's dreams to fruition, by becoming one of most prominent cattlewomen of all time. Governor Axtel was forced to resign by President ...
Jun 19, 2018 · Josiah “Doc” Scurlock. Josiah “Doc” Scurlock was a major player in the Lincoln County War. And he was in the region even before, going to work for cattleman John Chisum in the early 1870s. When John Tunstall was murdered, Scurlock became one of the founders of the Regulators, and after Dick Brewer was killed at the Blazer’s Mill ...
Created by: Mark Atterson. Added: Apr 28, 2017. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 178844896. Source citation. Priestly (or Presley) Norman Scurlock is my First Cousin, 7 times removed. He is the son of William and Rhoda Ann Simmons-Scurlock. Priestly's Grandfather, John Joshua Scurlock, is my 7th Great Grandfather. He was in the War of 1812, Private in ...
Jan 30, 2020 · David Garrett, Mica Pharris. Doc Scurlock - One of John Chisum's cowboys, a compadre of Billy the Kid, captain of the Regulators, veteran of numerous gun battles, and survivor of the Lincoln County War. This is the first-ever, definitive biography of Josiah Gordon Scurlock, the enigmatic intellectual whose amazing and remarkable life brought ...
He was born in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, January 11, 1849, the sixth of 11 children born to Priestly Norman Scurlock (July 3, 1806 – June 22, 1876) and Esther Ann Brown (May 19, 1819 – June 1, 1903). Josiah was said to have studied medicine in New Orleans, thus receiving his nickname "Doc".
On July 18, 1876, Bowdre, Scurlock, Frank Coe, George Coe, and Ab Saunders stormed the very weak Lincoln jail, freeing cattle rustler Jesus Largo from the custody of Sheriff Saturnino Baca, taking Largo outside of town and hanging him. No charges were ever filed for the event. On August 5, 1877, he and a companion were arrested for "shooting up ...
