Photos by T.C. Albert.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Drayton Hall by Ken Scott
The watercolor painting on this old book cover depicts the palladium mansion and some of the ghost whose spirits might dwell there. It has been drawn and written over in graphite showing a masonic square and compass, a crown and several spiritual beings. Also, penciled in is the notation, Great hall built by John Drayton. Construction began in 1738. Underneath the words John Drayton, B. 1715, D. 1779. In the upper right corner are listed john's four wives. His first wife Sarah Cattell, the daughter of a neighboring plantation owner; she and their two children died before 1740. In 1741 John Drayton married Charlotta Bull, daughter of South Carolina's Lt. Royal Governor William Bull. Charoltte died in 1743. In 1752, John married Margaret Glen, the sister og James Glen, the royal governor. Margaret died 20 years later in 1772. In 1775, John married Rebecca Perry, the 17-year old daughter of a neighboring plantation owner.
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