> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 90](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33260078) of TL-2 Suppl. VI > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699840) QID Q1699840 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Drayton, John (1767-1822), American botanist, born 22 Jun 1767 at Charleston, South Carolina, studied law, admitted to the bar at twenty-one, practicing as an attorney in Charleston until 1794, member of the state constitutional convention in 1790, for more than thirty years mainly in public service, lieutenant-governor 1800-1802, governor 1803-1808, state senator 1809-1810, again until 1822 judge of the U.S. court S. Carolina, died 27 Nov 1822 at Charleston. **Abbreviated name**: *J. Drayton* #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 1: 470 (b. 22 Jun 1767, Charleston, S. Car., d. 27 Nov 1812, ib.); Rehder 1: 318; Tucker 1: 210. ### Publications ##### n.31.511. view **Title** A *view* of *South-Carolina* as respects her natural and civil concerns... Charleston (Printed by W.P. Young...) 1802. Oct. **Abbreviated title**: *View S. Carolina*. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1802, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-252, \[253\], *3 pl*., 3 maps, 2 tables. – Botany on p. 60-87 – *Copies*: HH, NY. – See Rehder 1: 318.