Frederick R. Weedon (1784–1857) was a contract surgeon to the U.S. Army during the

Second Seminole War The Second Seminole War, also known as the Florida War, was a conflict from 1835 to 1842 in Florida between the United States and groups of people collectively known as Seminoles, consisting of Muscogee, Creek and Black Seminoles as well as oth ...

and was the physician who attended to the ailing Seminole warriors

Osceola Osceola (1804 – January 30, 1838, Vsse Yvholv in Muscogee language, Creek, also spelled Asi-yahola), named Billy Powell at birth, was an influential leader of the Seminole people in Florida. His mother was Muscogee, and his great-grandfa ...

and Uchee Billy after their capture, and was notorious for decapitating their heads after they died. Weedon was born in Maryland, moved to Alabama and then the

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where he was the first to receive a permit for land under the

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in Mosquito County (today that area is St. Lucie County). Weedon was the son of Sarah Sands and William Weedon who served as a colonel during the

American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783), also known as the Revolutionary War or American War of Independence, was the armed conflict that comprised the final eight years of the broader American Revolution, in which Am ...

.Patricia Riles Wickman: Osceola's legacy; p. 200. Fire Ant Books;(2006) Weedon himself served in the U.S. Army during the

War of 1812 The War of 1812 was fought by the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom and its allies in North America. It began when the United States United States declaration of war on the Uni ...

. His son, Hamilton Moore Weedon, followed in his father's footsteps and became a physician. He served in the Fourth Florida Infantry of the

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and was later in charge of the Confederate hospital in

Eufaula, Alabama Eufaula is the largest city in Barbour County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census the city's population was 13,137. History The site along the Chattahoochee River that is now modern-day Eufaula was occupied by three Muscogee Cre ...

during the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Weedon, Frederick 1784 births 1857 deaths American people of the Seminole Wars United States Army personnel of the War of 1812 American military doctors Florida pioneers People from Maryland People from St. Lucie County, Florida

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