Greenwood County · Marker 24-11

Francis Salvador 1747-1776

Laurens Hwy. (S.C. Hwy. 221), Coronaca vicinity, about 3.6 mi. NE of Greenwood

Front inscription

This young English Jew settled near Coronaca in 1774, represented Ninety Six District in the provincial congresses of 1775-1776, and died in defense of his adopted home on Aug. 1, 1776. He was the first South Carolinian of his faith to hold an elective public office and the first to die for American independence.

County
Greenwood
Region
Upstate
City or vicinity
Greenwood vicinity
Year approved
1960
Erected by
Jewish Citizens of Greenwood
Coordinates
34.23995, -82.101767

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