Hughes, Pryce, d. 1715.
Biographical notes:
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.
From the description of Pryce Hughes papers, 1712-1713. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 271521144
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