William Drayton

Personal

Birthday: 
3/21/1732
Birthplace: 
Ashley River, SC
Date of Death: 
5/18/1790
Place of Death: 
SC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Justice of the peace, Berkeley County, South Carolina, 1756-1763
Chief justice, Province of East Florida, 1763-1780
Judge, South Carolina Admiralty Court, 1789
Associate judge, Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1789

Education

Name of School: 
Middle Temple, London, England
Degree Year: 
1754
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1756

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of South Carolina
Court Name: 

South Carolina District Court

President Nominating: 
George Washington
Commission Date: 
02/10/1790
Termination Date: 
05/18/1790
Termination Reason: 
Death