Case Name: Guerard v. Clifford
Court: Court of Chancery of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1731-02-17
Citations: 1 Rec. Co. Ch. (S.C.) 351
Docket Number: 
Parties: Guerard v. Clifford
Judges: Present His Excellency Robert Johnson Esq. Governour, His Honour, the Leuitenant Governour; The Honourable Arthur Middleton, Francis Yonge, Col. William Bull, and Thomas Wareing, Esquires Of his Majestys Council.
Reporter: Records of the court of Chancery of South Carolina, 1671-1779
Volume: 1
Pages: 351–351

Head Matter:
Present His Excellency Robert Johnson Esq. Governour, His Honour, the Leuitenant Governour; The Honourable Arthur Middleton, Francis Yonge, Col. William Bull, and Thomas Wareing, Esquires Of his Majestys Council.
Guerard v. Clifford
Robert Johnson was the first royal governor after purchase of the province from the proprietors by the Crown. See note 48, supra.
The lieutenant governor was Thomas Broughton, brother-in-law of Governor Johnson. See note 48, supra. The office was newly created.
The members of his majesty's Council were named in the instructions to each royal governor. Only one of the new members was present, namely, Thomas Waring, son of Benjamin Waring. He remained a member until his death in 1740 (SCHGM, XXIV, 83).
Thomas Clifford and Martha Guerard were married on February 8, 1721. She was buried the following September in the French Church yard. (St. Philip's Register ijzo-iyyS, pp. 151, 226.)

Opinion:
On Motion of Mr. Hume of Council for the Defendant The Arguing the Plea in this Cause put off to Thursday the 18 th day of March next.