Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p William Bull (1683 – March 21, 1755) was a landowner and politician in the Province of South Carolina. He served on the governor's council and was lieutenant governor from 1738 to 1755 and acting governor from 1738 to 1744. In 1733 he assisted James Oglethorpe in the founding of the new Province of Georgia, laying out the town of Savannah. His father Stephen Bull was Lord Ashley's deputy and one of the leaders of the expedition which came from England in 1670 and settled Charles Town. He was married to Mary Quintyne and his descendants include a son, also named William Bull, who was also a South Carolina acting governor, as well as William Henry Drayton and Charles Drayton, sons of his daughter Charlotta Bull and John Drayton.. }
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- William_Bull_(governor) abstract "William Bull (1683 – March 21, 1755) was a landowner and politician in the Province of South Carolina. He served on the governor's council and was lieutenant governor from 1738 to 1755 and acting governor from 1738 to 1744. In 1733 he assisted James Oglethorpe in the founding of the new Province of Georgia, laying out the town of Savannah. His father Stephen Bull was Lord Ashley's deputy and one of the leaders of the expedition which came from England in 1670 and settled Charles Town. He was married to Mary Quintyne and his descendants include a son, also named William Bull, who was also a South Carolina acting governor, as well as William Henry Drayton and Charles Drayton, sons of his daughter Charlotta Bull and John Drayton.".