Benjamin Whitaker (surveyor general)

Benjamin Whitaker was surveyor general for the Province of South Carolina.^[1] He was initially deputy surveyor (under James St. John),^[2] but rose to attorney general (1721–1731),^[3] judge of the court of vice-admiralty (1727–1732 and 1732–1736),^[4] speaker of the assembly (1742–1744)^[5] and chief justice (1739–1749).^[6]^[7] He was removed from the role of chief justice for "being paralytic".^[8]

He was regarded as one of the best lawyers of his time.^[9]^[10]

Whitaker Street in Savannah, Georgia, is now named for him.^[11]

Personal life

On May 20, 1719, Whitaker married Sarah Godfrey, daughter of Captain John Godfrey.^[12] She died on December 29, 1747, and was interred in St. Philip's Church Episcopal Cemetery in Charleston, South Carolina.^[13]

References

^ "South Carolina: Early Surveying History". www.surveyhistory.org. Retrieved February 18, 2024.
^ Migliazzo, Arlin C. (2007). To Make this Land Our Own: Community, Identity, and Cultural Adaptation in Purrysburg Township, South Carolina, 1732-1865. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-57003-682-8.
^ Smith, William Roy (1903). South Carolina as a Royal Province, 1710-1776. Macmillan. p. 412.
^ Smith, William Roy (1903). South Carolina as a Royal Province, 1719-1776. Macmillan. p. 414.
^ Smith, William Roy (1903). South Carolina as a Royal Province, 1719-1776. Macmillan. p. 415.
^ HAMBURGER, Philip (June 30, 2009). Law and Judicial Duty. Harvard University Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-674-03819-6.
^ Smith, William Roy (1903). South Carolina as a Royal Province, 1719-1776. Macmillan. p. 413.
^ The Statutes at Large of South Carolina. A.S. Johnston. 1836. p. 439.
^ Osgood, Herbert Levi (1925). The American Colonies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. p. 119.
^ Witzig, Fred E. (April 30, 2018). Sanctifying Slavery and Politics in South Carolina: The Life of the Reverend Alexander Garden, 1685-1756. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-61117-846-3.
^ Cope, Tony (2016). It's Not That Lincoln. The Abercorn Press.
^ South Carolina Historical and Geneaological Magazine. South Carolina Historical Society. 1914. p. 57.
^ DALCHO, Frederick (1820). An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in South Carolina, from the first settlement of the province, to the war of the Revolution. E. Thayer. p. 125.

[1] "South Carolina: Early Surveying History". www.surveyhistory.org. Retrieved February 18, 2024.

[2] Migliazzo, Arlin C. (2007). To Make this Land Our Own: Community, Identity, and Cultural Adaptation in Purrysburg Township, South Carolina, 1732-1865. Univ of South Carolina Press. p. 56. ISBN 978-1-57003-682-8.

[3] Smith, William Roy (1903). South Carolina as a Royal Province, 1710-1776. Macmillan. p. 412.

[4] Smith, William Roy (1903). South Carolina as a Royal Province, 1719-1776. Macmillan. p. 414.

[5] Smith, William Roy (1903). South Carolina as a Royal Province, 1719-1776. Macmillan. p. 415.

[6] HAMBURGER, Philip (June 30, 2009). Law and Judicial Duty. Harvard University Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-674-03819-6.

[7] Smith, William Roy (1903). South Carolina as a Royal Province, 1719-1776. Macmillan. p. 413.

[8] The Statutes at Large of South Carolina. A.S. Johnston. 1836. p. 439.

[9] Osgood, Herbert Levi (1925). The American Colonies in the Eighteenth Century. Columbia University Press. p. 119.

[10] Witzig, Fred E. (April 30, 2018). Sanctifying Slavery and Politics in South Carolina: The Life of the Reverend Alexander Garden, 1685-1756. Univ of South Carolina Press. ISBN 978-1-61117-846-3.

[11] Cope, Tony (2016). It's Not That Lincoln. The Abercorn Press.

[12] South Carolina Historical and Geneaological Magazine. South Carolina Historical Society. 1914. p. 57.

[13] DALCHO, Frederick (1820). An Historical Account of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in South Carolina, from the first settlement of the province, to the war of the Revolution. E. Thayer. p. 125.

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