United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.09983Johnson, Charles J.2005-07-15Encyclopedia article about the Telfair family. The Telfair family of Savannah, Georgia was one of the most prominent in Georgia during much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The family patriarch was Edward Telfair, one of many Scotsmen who settled in Georgia during the colonial period. Today the family mansion in Savannah houses the Telfair Museum of Art, which opened in 1886.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.Upper class--Georgia--SavannahGovernors--GeorgiaPoliticians--Georgia--SavannahPlantation owners--Georgia--SavannahBenefactors--Georgia--SavannahTelfer familyTelfair, Alexander, 1789-1832Telfair, Mary, 1791-1875Telfair, Sarah Gibbons, 1758-1827Telfair, Edward, ca. 1735-1807Hodgson, Margaret Telfair, 1797-1874Telfair familyText