Charles Craven

Print of YAMASEE WAR, 1715. Governor Craven of South Carolina attacks the Yamasee Native Americans

Yamasee War, 1715. Governor Craven of South Carolina attacks the Yamasee Native Americans at the Combahee River in 1715 at the beginning of the Yamasee War. Wood engraving from 'Elements of General History,' New Haven, 1844. Granger Academic.

(1682-1745) Born in England, Charles Craven was the governor of the colony of South Carolina from 1711-1716. He held office during the end of the Tuscarora War and the beginning of the Yemassee War.