William Bull (governor)

[6] Bull was made captain of a company of Native American warriors from the Watteree, Pedee, Weneaw, Cape Feare, Hoopeng and Wareper tribes, totaling 117 in number.

In 1737 Thomas Broughton's time as acting governor of South Carolina came to an end and James Glen took his placeb but a dispute over his salary kept him from arriving in the colony until 1743.

The first major push to settle the deep interior of South Carolina had taken place in the 1730s and brought with it renewed tensions over land rights between the colonists and the Native Americans.

In 1739, two years into Bull's time as governor, the War of Jenkins' Ear broke out and put South Carolina in direct conflict with Spanish-controlled Florida.

Traditionally, the governor of South Carolina was responsible for defending the southern colonies against foreign threats and received an extra 1,000 pounds in salary for fulfilling that role.

That change had two effects on William Bull; the first was that it made him the acting governor when James Glen, who had been appointed to that position, stayed in England to dispute the matter.

His vision was to create a town called Paradise, which would be located deep within the South Carolina frontier and would serve as a refuge for criminals, debtors, and runaway slaves.