Francis Salvador
1747-1776
This young English Jew settled near Coronaca in 1774, representing 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.
Marker is at the intersection of Christian Road (Old State Highway 72) and Laurens Highway (State Highway 221), on the right when traveling south on Christian Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
