"M" is for Moultrie, John, Jr. (1729-1798)

"M" is for Moultrie, John, Jr. (1729-1798). Physician, planter, political leader. A native Charlestonian, Moultrie was the first American to receive a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. His dissertation on yellow fever attracted a great deal of attention in Europe, was translated into French and German. During the French and Indian War he served with James Grant, who later became Governor of British Florida. Grant appointed Moultrie to his council. Moultrie moved to Florida, became president of the council and in 1771 was named lieutenant governor. He prospered as a planter and amassed a large amount of land and numerous slaves. During the Revolution he remained loyal to the Crown. When Britain returned Florida to Spain in 1783, John Moultrie, Jr., lost his position and fortune and moved to England.