Case Name: James Matthewes and Isaac Godin et uxr v. Executors of Matthewes et al.
Court: Court of Chancery of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1762-07-01
Citations: 1 Rec. Co. Ch. (S.C.) 511
Docket Number: 
Parties: James Matthewes and Isaac Godin et uxr v. Executors of Matthewes et al.
Judges: Present, His Excellency, The Governor; The Honorable William Bull, Esq., Lieutenant Governor; John Guerard, John Drayton, Charles Shinner, Esquires.
Reporter: Records of the court of Chancery of South Carolina, 1671-1779
Volume: 1
Pages: 511–511

Head Matter:
Present, His Excellency, The Governor; The Honorable William Bull, Esq., Lieutenant Governor; John Guerard, John Drayton, Charles Shinner, Esquires.
James Matthewes and Isaac Godin et uxr v. Executors of Matthewes et al.
John Drayton, brother of Thomas Drayton, supra, note 46, has been described by his grandson and namesake, Governor John Drayton, as a "man of indifferent education, of a confined mind, proud and stingy. A Tyrant in his family.” Nevertheless he was a man of importance, owning many rice plantations and more than 500 negroes; he was an assistant justice in 1733, and a member of Council until he ceased to attend in 1775. He is now remembered as the builder of Drayton Hall, a magnificent mansion still standing, on Ashley River. He died in 1779 and rests “unlamented and unnoticed” among his several successive wives at St. Andrew’s Parish Church near his home. (Margaret Babcock Meriwether [editor]. The Carolinian Florist of Governor John Dray-ton of South Carolina, 1766-1822, 1943, pp. xxiv, xxv; SCHGM, XIV, 19; XX, 96; Wallace, History of S. C., II, 97; McCrady, S. C. under the Royal Government, p. 803.)

Opinion:
Upon Motion made to this Court by Mr. Moultrie of Counsel for the Complainants for Confirming the Decree of this Court in this Cause made the 17th Instant The said Decree drawn up in form was now read; Whereupon and hearing what was alledged by the Complainants Counsel, The Counsel for the Defendant Thomas Lloyd not attending, It is Ordered that the said Decree be Confirmed and made absolute.
Alexr Stewart Register in Chancery