Father: Peter Samuel Bacot
Mother: Anna Jane White
1850 - Lived, Darlington Co, SC
1859-60 - Attended Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA
1860 - Medical Student, Darlington Co, SC
05/00/1860 - Married, Eliza Helen Trenholm
1861 - M.D. degree, Medical College of
South Carolina, Charleston, SC
(from: Mars Bluff, SC, before medical
school; thesis: Hemorrhage;
preceptor: Dr. E. Porcher)
09/23/1861 - Serving with Capt W. L. Trenholm's Co, SC Militia (?Pvt.)
06/20/1862 - Enlisted, Confederate States Army, McPhersonville, SC
06/20/1862 - Pvt, Co. A (Rutledge Mounted Riflemen), 7th SC Cavalry
12/01/1862 - Wardmaster, Confederate
States Hospital, (also known as
Way Hospital), Florence, SC
12/02/1862 - Detached on hospital service
(S.O. 240, Dept. SC, GA, & FL)
01/01/1863-06/30/1863 - Apothecary,
Confederate States Hospital, Florence, SC
06/01/1863 -12/31/1863 - Wardmaster,
Confederate States Hospital, Florence, SC 04/30/1864 - "On extra duty as Acting Asst. Surgeon of Squadron"
10//00/1864 - On extra duty with Ambulance Corps
11/07/1864 - Acting Asst. Surgeon-in-charge,
Horse Infirmary, 7th SC Cavalry,
near Richmond, VA
11/07/1864 - Asks for leave of absence because of the recent death of his father
04/09/1865 - Paroled as Pvt, Co. B., 7th SC Cavalry, Appomattox, VA
1865 - Returned to Darlington Co., SC, from the Confederate Army and resumed his practice of medicine,farming, and administered his father's estate
1866 - Sold father's estate
1870 - Farmer, Colfax, Darlington Co., SC
1874 - Practiced medicine, Mars Bluff,
Marion Co., SC
1875 - Moved from Florence Co., SC, to Charleston, SC, to become the secretary of Charleston's board of health
1880 - Farmer, Summerville, Charleston Co, SC
1882 - Returned to Florence Co., SC to practice medicine
1890 - Practiced medicine, Buckswamp,
Marion Co, SC
1900 - Boarder (widowed), Williamston,
Anderson Co, SC
1910 - Practiced medicine, Florence,
Florence Co, SC
04/25/1924 - Died of arteriosclerosis, senility and complications from a fall

Dr. Bacot and his wife had four daughters. They were Portia, Helen, Marie, and Sarah. Dr. Bacot's sister, Ada Bacot Clarke (#116795257), was a Confederate nurse who cared for wounded Confederate soldiers in Charlottesville, VA. Her diary and biography have been published. Thanks to Dan Gerald, a great grandson of Dr. Bacot, for this information.

Other siblings of Dr. Bacot were:
Tours Loire Bacot (#115262050)
Anna Jane White Bacot (#86052568)
Jacqueline Menissier Bacot Saunders (#122400793)
Richard Hays Bacot (#72956169)

Note: Some sources spell Dr. Bacot's middle name as Brockinton while others spell it as Brockington. His Certificate of Death does not contain his full middle name. He generally signed his name as "P. B. Bacot."

Anna supplied input to this biography.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
05/07/2012. Unpublished database.