Simons, Keating, 1753-1834

Dates:
Birth 1753
Death 1834

Biographical notes:

Planter and merchant of Lewisfield Plantation, Charleston and Berkeley Counties, S.C.; served in S.C. House, St. John Berkeley district, 1776, 1779-1780, 1785-1786; president, Bank of S.C., 1796-1832; son of Benjamin Simons (1713-1772) and Catherine Chicken Simons; husband of Ann Cleland Kinloch and Eleanor Ball Simons (d. 1827); father, of Keating Lewis Simons (1775-1819), Sedgewick Lewis Simons (1788-1834), Thomas Grange Simons (1789-1863), and six other children.

From the description of Keating Simons papers, 1758-1855. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 42648634

Charleston, S.C. factor.

From the description of Letter : to John Taylor, 1817 Jan. 21. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 36865735

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Subjects:

  • African Americans
  • Cotton trade
  • Plantation management
  • Plantation owners
  • Slave trade

Occupations:

  • Commission merchants

Places:

  • South Carolina--Charleston County (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • South Carolina--Charleston (as recorded)
  • Berkeley County (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • Charleston (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • South Carolina--Berkeley County (as recorded)