Daniel Huger (1688-1754)
J.P., of Charleston; Member of the South Carolina Assembly
He was born on his father's plantation (Wambaw) in Craven County, South Carolina, the management of which he succeeded to on his first marriage in 1710. By the time of his death in 1754, he owned overs 10,000-acres of plantation land, nine houses in Charleston, and 329-slaves, making him one of the wealthiest slave owners in South Carolina with a fortune of £119,501. He was a Member of the South Carolina Assembly, Justice of the Peace for Berkeley County and Commissioner of the High Roads. He was married four times and was the father of nine children, five of whom (listed) survived to adulthood and each of whom were prominent in the Revolution.
