Record #:

9102

Author(s):

Swift, Vance E.

Abstract:

Jabez Whitaker built the first hospital in Jamestown in 1621. The 20-foot x 40-foot building was called the Sickhouse and records of it appear in “Records of the Virginia Company.” Whitaker was the great-great-great-grandfather of John Whitaker, a Wake County Judge elected in 1776.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 44 Issue 2, July 1976, p26-27

Subject(s):

Hospitals