biography of John DRAYTON (1766-1822)

Birth place: near Charleston, SC

Death place: Charleston

Addresses: Charleston, SC

Profession: Amateur artist, illustrator

Work: Charleston Library Society

Comments: Born at Drayton Hall," near Charleston (SC), he was a prominent legislator and jurist and served two terms as governor of South Carolina. He also authored several books, including Letters Written during a Tour through the Northern and Eastern States of America (1794); a translation of Thomas Walter's Flora Caroliniana (1798); and A View of South Carolina, as Respects Her Natural and Civil Concerns (1802). The manuscripts of the last two, with watercolor illustrations by Drayton, are owned by the Charleston Library Society.

Sources: G&W; DAB; Rutledge, Artists in the Life of Charleston, 127; Drayton, The Carolina Florist of Governor John Drayton of South Carolina ... with Water-color Illustrations from the Author's Original Manuscript (Columbia, S.C., 1943)."