Person:Zachariah Salyer (1)

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Zachariah Benjamin Salyer, Sr.
b.24 Jan 1729 Woodbridge, New Jersey, USA
d.1789 , Chowan County, North Carolina, USA
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m. 1751
  1. Isaiah Salyer, Sr.1752 - 1818
  2. Zachariah Salyer1766 - 1845
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Name Zachariah Benjamin Salyer, Sr.
Gender Male
Birth? 24 Jan 1729 Woodbridge, New Jersey, USA
Marriage 1751 , Rutherford County, North Carolina, USAto Katherine Elizabeth Dunn
Death? 1789 , Chowan County, North Carolina, USA

He was shoemaker, trader, and farmer. In 1754 he was convicted and sentenced to debtor's prison. Instead of serving, he disappeared for several years to escape his fate that might mean death inside the dark walls of an 18th century prison.

Zachariah died when a mountain lion (or a panther, it is unknown) dropped from a tree onto him and his horse.

He owned large tracts of land in western North Carolina, including King's Mountain, where the battle of the Revolutionary War was fought October, 1780.

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