predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place office term term_start appointer birth_date article_title term_end name alma_mater
'' position established '' james moultrie thomas bee james hume 18 may 1790 province of south carolina south carolina judge district of south carolina associate justice of the south carolina of supreme court chief justice for the province of east florida the united states district court for the 1789 18 , 1778 acting : august 6 , 1765 & february ndash ; february 1 , 1768 1 , 1768 & ndash ; june november 18 , 1789 george washington james grant 21 march 1732 william drayton , sr. .
 may 18 , 1790 william drayton , sr. . middle temple
william drayton , sr. .

`` for other men with the same name , see : william drayton -lrb- disambiguation -rrb- . ''
william drayton -lrb- march 21 , 1732 -- may 18 , 1790 -rrb- was an american lawyer and jurist from south carolina .
during colonial years , he served as chief justice of the province of east florida -lrb- 1765-1780 -rrb- .
he later was appointed as the first united states judge in south carolina district court .
