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Josiah Gordon Doc Scurlock was born in Tallapoosa, Alabama, on January 11, 1850. He rode with Billy the Kid during the Lincoln County Wars in New Mexico. He is believed to have studied medicine in New Orleans, earning him the nickname Doc. He later moved to New Mexico and hired on as a cow hand...
Jun 19, 2018 · 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 shootout, Doc became leader.
Josiah Gordon “Doc” Scurlock was a highly skilled individual with a diverse range of professions. Beyond his notable reputation as a killer and lawman, he also demonstrated proficiency as a doctor, rancher, farmer, poet, teacher, linguist, clerk, and postmaster.
Josiah "Doc" Scurlock was a poet, philosopher, intellectual, and hardened killer long before he ever met Billy the Kid. A mysterious past in Mexico, rumors o...
Josiah Gordon “Doc” Scurlock was born at Tallapoosa, Alabama on January 11, 1849. He was about 10 years older than Billy the Kid. His nickname was come by honestly: he is believed to have studied medicine in New Orleans. He was a most unusual gunfighter: a doctor, farmer, poet, teacher, later a linguist and reader of the classics.
Apr 19, 2023 · A mysterious past in Mexico, rumors of dead men from New Orleans to Texas, a penchant for vigilantism, and several close calls with the hostile Natives all made Doc a man to be both feared and respected. However, it was the trials he would face after the Lincoln County War that made Scurlock the man his family would remember.
Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock: physician, gunfighter, and family man. Josiah Gordon "Doc" Scurlock: physician, gunfighter, and family man Panhand-Plains Hist Rev. 2000;73:25-38. Author D Scurlock. PMID: 16808056 No abstract available. Publication types Biography ...
