Ballston Spa in Saratoga County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Samuel Davis MD

Photographed By Steve Stoessel, December 3, 2018

1. Samuel Davis MD Marker

Inscription. Born 1765 - Died 1840
Practiced medicine from here for 50 years. House was a station on the Underground Railroad.

Erected by Town of Ballston Spa.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1840.

Location. 42° 57.72′ N, 73° 52.69′ W. Marker is in Ballston Spa, New York, in Saratoga County. Marker is on Middle Line Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ballston Spa NY 12020, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Ballston Church (approx. half a mile away); 1780 Invasion (approx. half a mile away); Ballston Center (approx. half a mile away); Christ Episcopal Church (approx. 0.6 miles away); James Gordon (approx. 0.6 miles away); Eliphalet Ball (approx. 0.7 miles away); Home of Samuel Young (approx. 0.7 miles away); Ballston Site Of (approx. ¾ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ballston Spa.

Regarding Samuel Davis MD. Dr. Samuel Davis was born in East Hampton, Long Island, in 1765. His father, John Davis, left England in the early part of the seventeenth century, and settled in Massachusetts, and afterwards removed to Long Island, where he successfully

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engaged in farming and the manufacture of leather. Samuel, the first son by his second wife, at an early age chose the profession of medicine, and was distinguished as a surgeon and physician of the old school. He studied his profession with Dr. Turner, of Stonington, one of the most distinguished physicians and surgeons of his day. After the completion of his medical course, which he did with great honor to himself, he emigrated to Schoharie , NY where he practiced with great acceptance among the inhabitants for two years. Then Brian Palmer and Seth C. Baldwin, two influential men of Ballston, Saratoga Co., learning from highly respectable men of Albany, who had become acquainted with him, of his skill and success for a man so young ( being then scarely twenty-five years of age), induced him to leave Schoharie and settle in Ballston, NY

Also see . . . History of Saratoga County. (Submitted on December 3, 2018, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York.)

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Photographed By Steve Stoessel, December 3, 2018

2. Samuel Davis MD Marker site

Credits. This page was last revised on December 6, 2018. It was originally submitted on December 3, 2018, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. This page has been viewed 502 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 3, 2018, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.