Charles Craven

Charles Craven (* 1682 ; † December 27, 1754 ) was from March 19, 1712 to April 23, 1716 governor of the colonial province of South Carolina in the later southeastern United States . His tenure was between the end of the Tuscarora War and the first year of the Yamasee War . Prior to his appointment as governor, he served as secretary for the commissioned regent of the colonies, the Lord Proprietor .

At the beginning of Yamasee war in the spring of 1715 led Craven a hastily assembled force of 240 men militias against the Yamasee - Indians . In a field battle at Salkehatchie he achieved a clear victory for the colony. After the initial success in 1715, it became increasingly difficult for the South Carolina militia to defend the colony and many of the men deserted. Craven, who had already shown a very bellicose attitude at the beginning of the conflict, dismissed the militias and replaced them with the first professional army in South Carolina. After a year the crisis ended and the army was disbanded.

Craven founded the city of Beaufort in what is now the state of South Carolina .

literature

• Lawrence Sanders Rowland, Alexander Moore, George C. Rogers: The History of Beaufort County, South Carolina: 1514–1861 . University of South Carolina Press, 1996, ISBN 1570030901

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• Biography (English)