Benjamin Whitaker (surveyor general)
Benjamin Whitaker was surveyor general for the Province of South Carolina. He was initially deputy surveyor, but rose to attorney general, judge of the court of vice-admiralty, speaker of the assembly and chief justice. He was removed from the role of chief justice for "being paralytic".
He was regarded as one of the best lawyers of his time.
Whitaker Street in Savannah, Georgia, is now named for him.