- Collection:
- Savannah Biographies
- Title:
- Matthew Salfner
- Creator:
- Hatch, Roddy J., II
- Date of Original:
- 1988-04-01
- Subject:
- Biography--Georgia--Savannah
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983
- Medium:
- biographies (literary works)
- Type:
- Text
- Description:
- Matthew Salfner was born November 20, 1737b His parents, Matthias Salssner and Agnes Zarner, moved to this country in 1752 from Wurttemberg, Germany, with a group of Protestant immigrants led by Rev. Christian Rabenhorst. They settled in the White Bluff district and had four children , Matthew being the eldest. He grew up and settled in the White Bluff district, also, on 100 acres granted to him through the English Crown Grant, granted December· 4, 1759. A planter, he married Dorothy Gnann of Effingham County. He and Dorothy had four children including Matthew Ill, John Isaac, Susan and Ann. Matthew died March 13, 1806. Dorothy died March 27, 1847.
- Metadata URL:
- https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/141
- Holding Institution:
- Lane Library (Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus)
- Rights:
-
