Person:George Balfour (3)
George Balfour
b. Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
d.8 Sep 1823 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA
Add Parents and Siblings
Spouse and Children
(edit)
m. 14 Aug 1821
  1. Elena M Balfour1822 -
Add another spouse & children
Facts and Events
Name George Balfour
Gender Male
Birth? Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Marriage 14 Aug 1821 to Eliza Ann LONG
Military? US Navy
Death[1] 8 Sep 1823 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA

George was a surgeon in the US Navy.

Tombstones in Elizabeth City County from William & Mary College Quarterly, 1st Series, Vol. XIV (1906), 167-173. Reprinted in Virginia Vital Records. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. 1984), 585. Article reproduced on Broderbund Software's Family Archives CD #174, Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s-1800s 1997 Broderbund Software, Inc. - Hampton Churchyard - ...... Among the public men buried here were Dr. George Balfour who died in 1830,.....

2009-web searches show several books/documents re: George Balfour, but I am unable to pin down any direct biographical information except that he may have entered the military as early as 11 Apr 1792; on 9 Mar 1798 he becomes the 1st naval surgeon in the US Navy and probably was on the Constellation; in 1801 he was put in charge of the first Marine Hospital established in Norfolk, VA and he died between 1823 and 1830

2015-a blog: "Of Ships & Surgeons" - A google of “Naval surgeon George Balfour” yields several repeats of this one line commentary and a smattering of other material, including the mention of Balfour in a letter from Hugh Blair Grigsby, Chancellor of the College of William & Mary to Dr Robert Tunstall of Norfolk, VA, April 21st, 1876. Grigsby states that Balfour, born in Hampton, VA “about 1773″ served a regular apprenticeship of seven years “as was the order of the time, in the offices of Doctors Taylor and Hansford, the elder.” He entered the army “and was with General Anthony Wayne when that hero died in 1796, at Presque Isle. He afterwards entered the Navy, and in 1800, having received from the administration of the elder Adams the appointment of surgeon of the Marine Hospital at Norfolk, resigned his naval commission, and settled himself in Norfolk…”

References
  1. ↑ Vital Records from The National Intelligencer, 1823. death information for George BALFOUR. (Name: The National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volumes 1-85, 1600s-1900s Volume 35;)
    page 23.

    BALFOUR, Dr. George, formerly of the US Navy, d. 8 Sept. at Louisville, Ky. (24 Sept.)

Retrieved from "https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:George_Balfour_%283%29"