Kasper Mansker
| Kasper Mansker | |
|---|---|
| Born |
c. 1750 On the European immigrant ship, Christian, during an Atlantic Ocean voyage, in transit, to the British American colonies |
| Died | 1820 (aged 70) Sumner County, Tennessee |
| Resting place | Mansker Family Cemetery, Goodlettsville, Tennessee, later, reburial at Ivey Park, Camden, Tennessee |
| Nationality | American |
| Other names | Kasper Mäintzger, Kasper Minsker, Gaspar Mansker |
| Occupation | frontiersman, fur trader, hunter, politician, soldier, explorer |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth White |
| Parent(s) | Ludwig Mäintzger and Maria Esch |
| Relatives | John Minsker (brother); George Mansker, Sr. (brother), Catherine Albright (sister), Ludwig Minsker (brother) |
Kasper Mansker or Gaspar Mansker also, spelled Mäintzger and Minsker (1750–1820) was a longhunter and one of Middle Tennessee's first European explorers and settlers.
Kasper Mansker was born on the European immigrant ship, Christian, bound for the New World, in 1750. The Mansker family, possibly, came from Merchingen, Merzig-Wadern, Kreis District, Saarland, Germany, where the name is common. His parents, Ludwig Mäintzger and Maria Esch, were German immigrants, who settled in the British American colonies, but due to poor recordkeeping there are vague and conflicting reports, about exactly where they lived. Mansker had four brothers, John, George, Sr., and Ludwig and one sister, Catherine. Kasper Mansker probably lived in the mid-Atlantic region, of the American thirteen colonies. Various reports mentioned the whereabouts of Manker, as Pennsylvania, Virginia, and in what is now West Virginia. However, Mansker was a true frontiersman and soon left Virginia to explore the vast lands to the west. It is also. known that Mansker married Elizabeth White of Berkeley County, West Virginia, but there is no known record of the marriage, so details of the actual date and location are sketchy. In his will Mansker's brother, George is mentioned, as well as his brother's sons.
In 1769, Kasper Mansker departed on his first hunting trip into the vast western territory. He explored and hunted extensively along the Cumberland River in middle Tennessee and Kentucky. He spent most of his adult life exploring, hunting and living in the areas of what are now Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Mississippi. His first trip was filled with adventures of the hunt, survival, and his party was robbed of some of its supplies by a small band of Indians. In contrast, the French fur traders they met were friendly and his hunting party was able to trade for fresh food and alcohol.
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