Edmund BOHUN, 1st Chief Justice of South Carolina^[1]

1645 - 1699  (54 years)

• Name	Edmund BOHUN  [2, 3]
  Suffix	1st Chief Justice of South Carolina
  Birth	12 Mar 1644/45	Ringsfield, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Male
  HIST	He attended Queens College, Cambridge. In 1692, the monarchs, William and Mary, appointed him as licenser of the press, but Bohun encountered political problmes related to censorship and remained in the position for only a few months. In mid 1698, Bohun was appointed the first Chief Justice of the colony of South Carolina.  [1]
  _UID	58DC1DF1AA9449F6A4064F60AEE6BEC02AB5
  Death	5 Oct 1699	he died from yellow fever   [1, 3]
  Person ID	I61385	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Baxter BOHUN
  Mother	Margaret LAWRENCE
  _UID	37FE71239DE44C68968F6FB20698F1E9BC67
  _UID	37FE71239DE44C68968F6FB20698F1E9BC67
  Family ID	F43169	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary BRAMPTON,   b. Abt 1649   d. Aug 1719 (Age 70 years)
  Marriage	26 Jul 1669	England   [1]
  _UID	CAB946A4A54F4262A5CD1F8401AA134D254C
  _UID	CAB946A4A54F4262A5CD1F8401AA134D254C
  Children	1. Nicholas BOHUN,   b. 11 Jan 1680, England/Virginia d. 1718, South Carolina (Age 37 years)   2. Edmund BOHUN
  Family ID	F43160	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2020

  
  

• Notes

  First Chief Justice of South Carolina Magna Carter [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S28439] . [S743] . [S445] Nancy Caroline Phillips Hughes, page 240.