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305:, apparently in exchange for the cancellation of their trading debts. But in 1772, Stuart complained to the governor of South Carolina that Pearis had gained his title by plying the Indians with liquor. The governor then urged Stuart to prosecute Pearis for violating a 1739 statute that forbade British citizens to own Indian land. Meanwhile, Pearis had begun to transfer the land to other whites.
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found Pearis guilty of holding Indian land, and he surrendered his deed. But the following month he secured another deed from
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saved Pearis's life "by putting him in a boat and sending him down river, away from the angry soldiers who would have killed him." Pearis's land was confiscated by the state of South
Carolina, and Pearis spent his remaining years as a planter in the
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In 1775, Pearis sought an appointment as a patriot commissioner to the
Indians, and after the post was given to another, Pearis became a Tory captain. On 12 December 1775, patriot Colonel
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Although the legislature confiscated Pearis's land, they allowed those who had purchased lands from him to remain in possession of them. 28 March 1778,
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during what amounted to a civil war along the frontier. After the fall of
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