Charles Drayton

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Charles Drayton (born December 23, 1743 on the Drayton Hall plantation near Charleston , Province of South Carolina , † August 11, 1820 ibid) was an American settler in the Thirteen Colonies .

Career

Charles Drayton worked as a doctor , plantation owner , botanist and artist in Charleston. After the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War , Drayton served in the Continental Army until the British troops took Charleston in 1780 . He held the rank of captain in a volunteer regiment . In addition, he provided the troops with provisions. Although initially a patriot , he became neutral during the occupation of Charleston. Some of his friends believed he was a loyalist , but none of them brought charges against him. After the war ended, he was elected lieutenant governor of South Carolina, a position he held from February 11, 1785 to February 20, 1787. The following year he represented St. Andrews Parish as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of South Carolina, where the constitution was ratified on May 23, 1788. He also served in the South Carolina General Assembly between 1787 and 1796 and between 1797 and 1800 . During that time he was a member of the South Carolina House and Senate . He also bought the Drayton Hall family plantation in the post-war period from his stepmother Rebecca Perry, the fourth wife of his father John Drayton.

family

Charles Drayton was the son of Charlotta Bull and John Drayton. He married on February 24, 1773 Hester Middleton (1754–1789), daughter of Mary Baker Williams and Henry Middleton. The couple had seven children together:

  • Henry Drayton (* 1774)
  • Caroline Drayton (* 1779)
  • Charlotte Drayton (born April 13, 1781 at The Oaks Plantation near Goose Creek , South Carolina, † February 5, 1855 in Charleston, South Carolina)
  • Henrietta Augusta Drayton (born August 14, 1783)
  • Maria Henrietta Drayton (born November 3, 1783; † 1862)
  • Dr. Charles Drayton (born December 5, 1785, † 1844)
  • Henry Drayton (* 1789)

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SURNAME Drayton, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American settlers in the thirteen colonies
DATE OF BIRTH December 23, 1743
PLACE OF BIRTH near Charleston , South Carolina
DATE OF DEATH August 11, 1820
Place of death near Charleston , South Carolina