Clayton - Person Sheet
Clayton - Person Sheet
NameSAFFARRANS, Daniel 
, GGGG Granduncle
, GGGG GranduncleBirth Date22 Feb 1799
Birth PlaceVirginia
FlagsMilitary, War of 1812
FatherSAFFARRANS, John (1758-1830)
Mother(SAFFARRANS), Catharine (1760-1830)
Misc. Notes
Daniel Saffarrans was a businessman and briefly a resident of Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, and probably born in Rockingham County, in the Valley of Virginia on Feb. 22, 1799. He was the son of John Saffarrans, a German coppersmith who died in Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, Aug 1830, at age of 70. Daniel Saffarrans served as a soldier in the War of 1812. His parents came to Hopkinsville, KY in 1815, and lived in a home located on the southwest corner of Virginia and Spring (now 8th) Street.
John and Catharine Saffarrans had thirteen children: George, Daniel (husband of Elizabeth “Betsey” Beeler), David (husband of Malvina Gardner), Peter, John, Catharine, Susan (wife of ? Robinson), Polly (wife of John J. Shields), Nancy (1796-1865) (wife of Bartholomew T. Wood (1791-1865)), Lydia (wife of William Burgher), Lucinthia (wife of Benjamin L. Miller), Betsey (wife of Jacob Snyder), and Melinda (1805-Aug 11, 1825) (wife of Benjamin York (1801-Aug 6, 1825)). Melinda and Benjamin York are buried in the old Pioneer Cemetery, West 13th Street, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. John and Catharine Saffarrans are believed to be buried there.
Daniel Saffarrans made Gallatin, Tennessee, his home about 1820, and entered partnership with Robert M. Boyers, as a merchant. They were quite successful and invested their surplus capital in lands in Northern Mississippi, and at one time owned approximately 128,000 acres there.
Daniel Saffarrans became influential among the Chickasaw Indians. He induced them to cross the Mississippi River, and aided in transferring them to their lands in Oklahoma. He affected a lasting peace between the Chickasaws and Choctaws, who had been always at enmity. Daniel spent many years with these tribes, and in managing their affairs at the Federal Capital. While in Washington he became interested with George Law in steamship lines. He supplied the government with arms, built bonded warehouses and lighthouses, was a contractor to finish the Navy Yard, at Memphis, paved the streets of Memphis with gravel, and built many public and private buildings. He established a furniture factory, which was sold at his death, and afterward burned. Through thirty years Daniel Saffarrans, though never an aspirant for office, wielded great political influence in Tennessee. His head was massive, his intellect strong and active, his capacity for labor great, and energy tireless.
The Memphis pioneer married Elizabeth Beeler at Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, April 1, 1822. They are known to have had 4 children: Malvina E (wife of A. P. Sheldon, married July 26, 1847, at Gallatin) she died Oct. 1860, in Memphis, Tennessee. John L., Isaac (husband of Jennie) and Daniel. The subject Daniel died at Dunlap Springs, near Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee of pulmonary consumption, Sept 11, 1858. His wife Elizabeth died, Jan 1864. Daniel, his wife and daughter are buried on Lot #50, (Chapel Hill Section) of Elmwood Cemetery South Dudley Street, Memphis, Tennessee.
John and Catharine Saffarrans had thirteen children: George, Daniel (husband of Elizabeth “Betsey” Beeler), David (husband of Malvina Gardner), Peter, John, Catharine, Susan (wife of ? Robinson), Polly (wife of John J. Shields), Nancy (1796-1865) (wife of Bartholomew T. Wood (1791-1865)), Lydia (wife of William Burgher), Lucinthia (wife of Benjamin L. Miller), Betsey (wife of Jacob Snyder), and Melinda (1805-Aug 11, 1825) (wife of Benjamin York (1801-Aug 6, 1825)). Melinda and Benjamin York are buried in the old Pioneer Cemetery, West 13th Street, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. John and Catharine Saffarrans are believed to be buried there.
Daniel Saffarrans made Gallatin, Tennessee, his home about 1820, and entered partnership with Robert M. Boyers, as a merchant. They were quite successful and invested their surplus capital in lands in Northern Mississippi, and at one time owned approximately 128,000 acres there.
Daniel Saffarrans became influential among the Chickasaw Indians. He induced them to cross the Mississippi River, and aided in transferring them to their lands in Oklahoma. He affected a lasting peace between the Chickasaws and Choctaws, who had been always at enmity. Daniel spent many years with these tribes, and in managing their affairs at the Federal Capital. While in Washington he became interested with George Law in steamship lines. He supplied the government with arms, built bonded warehouses and lighthouses, was a contractor to finish the Navy Yard, at Memphis, paved the streets of Memphis with gravel, and built many public and private buildings. He established a furniture factory, which was sold at his death, and afterward burned. Through thirty years Daniel Saffarrans, though never an aspirant for office, wielded great political influence in Tennessee. His head was massive, his intellect strong and active, his capacity for labor great, and energy tireless.
The Memphis pioneer married Elizabeth Beeler at Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee, April 1, 1822. They are known to have had 4 children: Malvina E (wife of A. P. Sheldon, married July 26, 1847, at Gallatin) she died Oct. 1860, in Memphis, Tennessee. John L., Isaac (husband of Jennie) and Daniel. The subject Daniel died at Dunlap Springs, near Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tennessee of pulmonary consumption, Sept 11, 1858. His wife Elizabeth died, Jan 1864. Daniel, his wife and daughter are buried on Lot #50, (Chapel Hill Section) of Elmwood Cemetery South Dudley Street, Memphis, Tennessee.