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William Drayton
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina · 1790
William Drayton , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. William Drayton Sr. (March 21, 1732 – May 18, 1790) was chief justice of the British American Province of East Florida and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Education
- Middle Temple, London, England1754
- Read law1756
Career
Justice of the peace, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 1756-1763; Chief justice, Province of East Florida, 1765-1778; Judge, South Carolina Admiralty Court, 1789; Associate judge, Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1789
Biography
William Drayton Sr. (March 21, 1732 – May 18, 1790) was chief justice of the British American Province of East Florida and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.
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