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Time Period >>  Rural Beginnings  1730 - 1772
Historical Event >>  Colonial Physicians  1766

Dr. Joseph Kennedy becomes the first physician to practice medicine in Mecklenburg County. Second is Dr. Ephraim Brevard. In just a few years, both men will become important leaders as the colonists fight for their freedom from British tyranny.




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