George Friedrich Gerding Letter
A single letter written by George Friedrich Gerding, founder of Wartburg, Tennessee, from March 4, 1884.
Dates
- 1884 March 4
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Extent
0.1 Linear Feet (1 folder)
Abstract
A single letter written by George Friedrich Gerding, founder of Wartburg, Tennessee, from March 4, 1884.
Biographical/Historical Note
George Freidrich Gerding was born in Germany in 1800. He moved to America around 1825 and became a businessman in New York. Later working as a land speculator, he purchased large tracts of land in what would later be Morgan County, Tennessee. Here he started the settlement of Wartburg in the mid-1840s, with hopes to develop a string of German colonies. He died in 1884 in Anderson County.
Arrangement
This collection consists of a single folder.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository