Edward
Telfair
Sr.
Born in Town Head, Scotland
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Gibbons) Telfair
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Edward Telfair Jr., Josiah G. Telfair, Thomas Telfair, Alexander Telfair, Mary Telfair, Sarah G. (Telfair) Haig and Margaret (Telfair) Hodgson
Died
at age 72
in Savannah, Georgia, United States
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| Preceded by 18th Governor Samuel Elbert 12th Governor George Walton |
Edward Telfair 19th Governor of Georgia 1786—1787  1790—1793 |
Succeeded by 20th Governor George Mathews 20th Governor George Mathews |
| Edward Telfair Sr. participated in the American Revolution. Join: 1776 Project Discuss: 1776 |
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Biography
Edward Telfair Sr. is Notable.
Edward Telfair Sr. served with American Founding Fathers during the American Revolution.
Edward Telfair Sr. is buried in Bonaventure Cemetery.
Edward Telfair, Sr. was born 1 Jan 1735 in Town Head, Scotland. He immigrated to the Virginia colony in 1758, [1]before moving to North Carolina, and then to Savannah, Georgia. His brother William had already established himself in Savannah.[2]
He married Sarah Gibbons and they had the following children:
- Edward Telfair 1780–1799
- Josiah G. Telfair 1784–1817
- Thomas Telfair 1786–1818
- Alexander Telfair 1789–1832
- Mary Telfair 1791–1875
- Sarah G. Telfair Haig 1792–1845
- Margaret Telfair Hodgson 1797–1874
He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1778.[3]
Telfair was a slave owner and a consultant on issues related to slavery. His mercantile firm dealt in slaves and correspondences of his included discussions of such topics as: the management of slaves; the relative merits of breaking up closely related slaves through sale; runaway slaves; the mortality rate of slaves born on plantations; the difficulty of selling closely related slaves; and the relations between whites and freedmen.[4]
Slaves
[Need to find records]
In 1782 a slave that he owned named Gabriel, born, say, 1757 and "bred in the Jerseys", was named in a Maryland advertisement for slaves who had run away from the Catoctin Furnace in Frederick County, Maryland. [5]
1803 Death
Telfair passed away about 1803.[6]
Edward's will was written in 1799. His estate passed probate on 4 Jan 1808.[7]
Legacy
- Telfair County, Georgia is named in his honor.
Sources
- ↑ JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/40576432?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A11c2007bc015922bc3ea7a214cefbaa7&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents The Georgia Historical Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2 (June, 1936), Edward Telfair by E. Mertin Coulter p.100
- ↑ Immigration:"U.S., Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825"
Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825. Vol. V; Author:: David Dobson
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62215 #12838 (accessed 28 August 2022)
Arrival Place: USA; Arrival Date: 1758; Name: Edward Telfair; Death Place: Savannah, Georgia; Birth Place: Stewartry of Kirkcudbright; Departure Place: Scotland; Residence Place: Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia; Residence Year: Abt 1807; Death Date: 1807; Child: Thomas; Event Type: Immigration; Birth Date: 1735. - ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/15124:61360
- ↑ Edward Telfair Papers, 1764–1831; 906 Items & 5 Volumes; Savannah, Georgia; "Papers of a merchant, governor of Georgia, and delegate to the Continental Congress".
- ↑ Baltimore Maryland Journal and Baltimore Advertiser, Extraordinary, September 24, 1782
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6662528/edward-telfair: accessed 28 August 2022), memorial page for Edward Telfair (1735–17 Sep 1807), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6662528, citing Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.
- ↑
Probate:"Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992"
Wills, 1775-1927; Author: Georgia. Court of Ordinary (Chatham County); Probate Place: Chatham, Georgia
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8635 #160502 (accessed 8 December 2022)
Edward Telfair probate on 6 Nov 1799.
- Bonaventure Cemetery gravestone photo taken by Jim Berry February 21, 2019
- City of Savannah Cemetery Burial Information
- Edward Telfair on Wikipedia
- NGA Biography
- Find A Grave Memorial# 6662528
From behind the ancestry.com subscription wall:
- Savannah, Georgia, Vital Records, 1807
- Wikipedia
- https://history.house.gov/People/Listing/T/TELFAIR,-Edward-(T000114)/#biography
- https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n88077568/
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Gina (Pocock) Jarvi
Gina (Pocock) Jarvi
Telfair-34 and Telfair-6 appear to represent the same person because: I created Telfair-34 today. Telfair-6 did not show up as a suggested profile. I tried adding his daughter and that is how I discovered the duplicate.
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Michelle (Hartman) Detwiler
Came from Scotland with his brother William Telfair<ref>JSTOR https://www.jstor.org/stable/40576432?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A11c2007bc015922bc3ea7a214cefbaa7&seq=2#page_scan_tab_contents The Georgia Historical Quarterly, Vol. 20, No. 2 (June, 1936), Edward Telfair by E. Mertin Coulter p.100</ref>
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