“C” is for Craven, Charles (1682-1754). Governor. Craven was born in England, a younger son of one of the original Lords Proprietors of Carolina. He arrived in the colony in March 1712. Craven worked constructively with a fractious Commons House of Assembly and was able to secure passage of important legislation: including, the reception act of 1712 which established English common and statute law in Carolina, election laws that briefly imposed order on the colony’ chaotic political process, and legislation to reform the Indian trade and to encourage immigration. He commanded Carolina troops from the outbreak of the Yamassee War until his departure in April 1716. Charles Craven had one of longest tenures of any proprietary-era governor, and despite political conflict and the outbreak of the Yamassee War in 1715, he was considered one of the most successful.
“C” is for Craven, Charles (1682-1754)
