Conrad Heyer, born in 1749, is notable for possibly being the earliest born person to have ever been photographed. In 1852, at the age of 103, Heyer posed for a daguerreotype portrait. However, the claim is not without dispute; at least four others were photographed who may have been born earlier. These include a woman named Hannah Stilley Gorby, who may have been born in 1746; a shoemaker named John Adams, who claimed to be born in 1745; a Revolutionary War veteran named Baltus Stone, with a claim of 1744; and an enslaved man named Caesar who, according to the inscription on his marble tombstone, was born in 1737 and died in 1852, which would mean he lived to be 115 years old.
