looking for Geiger family around Edgefield S C.Elizabeth married Henry Gallman. Debra Maddox Wilson Greenback,Tn

The region you're seeking is Saxegotha Township (Lexington Co SC), rather than Edgefield SC. Elizabeth Geiger (b. 9 Mar 1740 in Saxegotha SC) was the daughter of Herman Geiger (baptized 18 Dec 1707 in Diepoldsau, Rheintal, currently St. Gall, Switzerland; died Nov 1751 in Saxegotha SC) and Elizabeth Hablüzel (b. 25 Dec 1711 in Trullikon, Zürich; d. Saxegotha SC aft. 1753, bef. 1758). Elizabeth married Henry Gallman (b. 24 Nov 1709 in Mettmenstetten, Zürich; d. 1767 in Saxegotha SC) in ~1758. A summary of the Gallman family of Zürich and Saxegotha is included in the Palmetto Families section of www.palmettoroots.org. Elizabeth Geiger second-married John Adam Horlback (b. 11 Feb 1729 in Plauen, Saxony; d. 1 Apr 1812 in Charleston) on 25 Feb 1769. They had two sons, John (b. 26 Sep 1771) and Henry (b. 27 Nov 1776). Elizabeth died on 5 Nov 1802, and is buried in St. John's Lutheran Church cemetery in Charleston. Henry Gallman's first wife, and the mother of all his children, was a younger sister of Herman Geiger, so the aunt of his second wife Elizabeth. The records do not state which of the sisters he married. Three of the four unmarried sisters of Herman Geiger survived the voyage in 1736-7, and married the three Gallman brothers who had arrived in Saxegotha in Feb 1735. The youngest Gallman brother, John, second-married Herman Geiger's widow Elizabeth Hablüzel. See the Gallman family bio for information about the possibilities for the name of Henry Gallman's first wife. ----- Original Message ----- From: <JWi4194718@aol.com> To: <GEIGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 10:10 PM Subject: [GEIGER] Geiger around Edgefield S.C. > looking for Geiger family around Edgefield S C.Elizabeth married Henry > Gallman. > > Debra Maddox Wilson > Greenback,Tn