Doc Scurlock

Right when you drive in to cemetery, just past the gate, there is a directory and a pathway leading to the gravesites of the notable folks who are buried there. Doc's grave is less than a hundred feet from where the pathway begins. Folks in Eastland prefer to call him Josiah, not Doc.

Hysterical Journey to Historic Places

September 13th 2019
DOC SCURLOCK Josiah Gordon Scurlock burst forth amongst us on January 11, 1850 down in Tallapoosa County, Alabama. He was the sixth of eleven children born to Priestly Norman Scurlock and Esther Ann Brown. His pals started in calling him Doc Scurlock when they heard that he had once briefly studied medicine in New Orleans. Probably he didn’t though. What seems more likely are the account ... read more

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more

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