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Stephen Drayton (b. 1736) |
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Name: Stephen Drayton
Born: 21 Apr 1736
Place of Birth: Married: (1) Ann Betts; (2) Elizabeth Waring
Died: 23 Nov. 1810
Place of Death: Charleston, SC |
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Family group sheet |
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1 Thomas Drayton d: ca. 1724
+ Ann Unknown d: ca. 1742
2 Mary Drayton b: ca. 1700-1704 d: ca. 1751
2 Thomas Drayton b: ca. 1710 d: 11 Nov 1760
+ Elizabeth Bull
3 Thomas Drayton b: 3 Oct 1731 [1]
3 William Drayton b: 21 Mar 1732 d: 18 May 1790 [1]
3 Mary Drayton b: 21 Dec 1734 d: 5 Feb 1806 [1]
3 Stephen Drayton b: 21 Apr 1736 [1]
3 Henrietta Charlotta Drayton b: 28 Jul 1743 [1]
3 John Drayton b: 28 Aug 1745 [1]
+ Lady Mary McKenzie
3 Thomas Drayton b: 1 Oct 1759 d: 22 May 1802 [1]
2 Stephen Fox Drayton b: ca. 1713 d: January 1733
2 John Drayton b: before 1716 d: 1779 |
Stephen Drayton: Biographical Information
Stephen Drayton was the son of Thomas Drayton and Elizabeth Bull. He married first, Ann Betts. He married, second, Elizabeth Waring, daughter of John Waring, on 31 Jan. 1769. He was appointed to the Council of Safety in Georgia 29 Dec. 1775; was commissioned deputy Quartermaster General, Southern Department, Continental Army on 17 Nov. 1778; appointed Justice of the Peace in 1785 [2]. |
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Inheritance, Acquisitions, Bequests
On June 1, 1774, Stephen Drayton issued a bond to Henry Middleton and Daniel Blake for L3,600 secured with the following enslaved people [3]:
| Name |
Name |
| Harry |
Sarah |
| Polidore |
Israel |
| Will |
Sam |
| Toney |
Pegg |
| Moses |
Isaac |
| Scipio |
Affee |
| Hercules |
Jeffery |
| Sam |
Eliza |
| Jacob |
Adam |
| Priam |
Abram |
| Dye |
Chloe |
| Kity |
Amy |
| Bella |
Manuel |
| Binah |
Sue |
| Venus |
Molly |
| Patty |
Leonora |
| Phoebe |
Tom (advertised as runaway in February 1769) [4] |
| Hannah |
Grace |
| Tissa |
Bess |
| Marinda |
Phoebe |
| Coomba |
Hannah |
| Dye |
Primus |
| ??oha |
Nelly |
| Teresa |
Barbary |
| Sabina |
Minerva |
| Sue |
Clarissa |
| Katanah |
Ben |
| Bess |
Kate |
| Amoretta |
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| Dinah |
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[1] Drayton Family. Family Bible of Thomas Fenwick Drayton. Copies at Georgia State Archives in Vertical Files: Family Files: Drayton.
[2] Taylor, Emily Drayton Heyward. "The Draytons of South Carolina and Philadelphia." Publications of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, VIII No. 1 (March, 1921), p. 8.
[4] Runaway Slave Advertisement, South Carolina Gazette, 2 Feb 1769. |
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