Yes, between the year of 1670 - 1671. He also founded the Bahamas between 1646 - 1648 on the island of Eleuthera.
1671 in South Carolina
William Sayle was the leader of the settlement at Albemarle Point in South Carolina. He'd previously been the governor of Bermuda.
The first European to land in South Carolina was Francisco Gordillo from Spain in 1521. Five years later in 1526 another Spaniard Lucas Vazquez de Avllon, founded the first European settlement. The first permanent English settlement was governed by William Sayle in 1671. The colony of South Carolina was founded in 1663 by King Charles II.
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1671 in South Carolina
William Sayle was their leader.
He went to South Carolina because the king sent him and eight other men out to make a settlement.
William Sayle was the leader of the settlement at Albemarle Point in South Carolina. He'd previously been the governor of Bermuda.
He was one of the 8 nobles who settled in South Carolina. King Charles 2 issued an order to them to settle in the area south of Virginia.
William Sayle was the first governor of South Carolina, but died a year later. Yeamans became the next governor but the colonists claimed he intended to destroy the colony so they replaced him with West who served for 8 years. The government protects individual freedoms and also individual properties.
Captain William Sayle
The first settlers of Charleston, SC were several shiploads of people from Bermuda under the leadership of governor William Sayle. They first settled on Charles Towne Landing (Albemarle Point) in 1670, but moved to a better location on Oyster Point (the Ashley-Cooper penisula) in 1680.
Their leader was Captain William Sayle, a former governor of Bermuda.
Sayle's Island
Their leader was Captain William Sayle, a former governor of Bermuda.