James McClurg, a Revolutionary surgeon, was the son of Dr. Walter McClurg, a wealthy citizen and noted physician of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, who also served his country as a surgeon in the Virginia State Navy in the Revolution.<ref name=surgeons>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PdwbAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA124 A cyclopedia of American medical biography: comprising the lives of eminent deceased physicians and surgeons from 1610 to 1910]</ref> | James McClurg, a Revolutionary surgeon, was the son of Dr. Walter McClurg, a wealthy citizen and noted physician of Elizabeth City County, Virginia, who also served his country as a surgeon in the Virginia State Navy in the Revolution.<ref name=surgeons>[https://books.google.com/books?id=PdwbAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA124 A cyclopedia of American medical biography: comprising the lives of eminent deceased physicians and surgeons from 1610 to 1910]</ref> |