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路 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.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sav-bios-lane/1140/thumbnail.jp
