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Dr. Gideon C. Marchant

Birth: 23 January 1798 (reported)Death: 21 January 1861 (reported)1829 marriage abstract; 1835 convention; 1839 lodge; 1849 will; February 1861 probate.Exact dates are reported in the retrospective society article; probate transcription establishes death by February Term 1861. Original vital/probate images not verified in prior pass.

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AI-generated illustration of handwritten letters, a dip pen and an inkwell beside a window overlooking a coastal creek.

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Letters from Indian Ridge: A Currituck Father Writes to His Son

From Indian Ridge, Joseph B. Morgan sent his son news of raids, illness, harvests and home. Read five complete letters from 1863–1864, reproduced with permission of the VMI Archives.

Historic waterfront photograph captioned Saw Mill at Indiantown Creek in the original article

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Dr. Gideon Marchant

The physician of Indiantown Creek, his family, and the stories that survived the war.