arrest. In 1778, South Carolina sent Drayton as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he gave strong support to the military, but he was no friend to the Natives: "Cut up every Indian Cornfield and burn every Indian town," he proclaimed, so that their "nation be extirpated and the lands become the property of the public." Death Drayton died of typhus on September 3, 1779 in Philadelphia, while serving in Congress. He was 37. His home, Drayton Hall, now lies within the expanded city of Charleston. It is operated as a museum and is open to the public for an admission fee. References Further reading External links Drayton Hall website 1742 births 1779 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford American people of English descent Continental Congressmen from South Carolina 18th-century American politicians Signers of the Articles of Confederation People educated at Westminster School, London Drayton family American planters American lawyers admitted to the practice of law by reading law Founding Fathers of the United States