Hughes, Pryce, d. 1715.
Name Entries
person
Hughes, Pryce, d. 1715.
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Hughes, Pryce, d. 1715.
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Native of Kavllygan (Montgomery County, Wales); migrated to the colony of South Carolina by 1713, and settled along southern border in vicinity of present-day Beaufort County, S.C.; a number of other Welshmen accompanied Hughes to North America and worked on his farm land; Hughes died in 1715 at the hands of Tohome Indians in the Old Southwest after his meeting with Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville (1680-1767), the three-term governor of the Louisiana colony; Hughes was captured by the French and questioned for three days while on a mission on behalf of Gov. Charles Craven to press the claims of the Carolina Colony to the lands in the west.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
Subjects
Indians of North America
Welsh Americans
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
Great Britain
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
America
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
South Carolina
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
France
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Southwest, Old
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
United States
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Southern States
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace