Family of Charleston, Kiawah Island, and vicinity in lowcountry South Carolina. Arnoldus Vanderhorst II (1748-1815), was a Christ Church Parish plantation owner and politician, who served as governor, 1794-1796, of S.C.; he married Elizabeth Raven in 1771. His uncle, William Vanderhorst (d. 1767?), was the father of John Vanderhorst (d. 1787). Elias Vanderhorst III (1791-1874), son of Arnoldus Vanderhorst II, married Ann Elliott Morris; among their children were: Elias Vanderhorst IV (1825-1850), Lewis Morris Vanderhorst (1826-1864), and Arnoldus Vanderhorst IV (1835-1881). Arnoldus Vanderhorst IV married Adele Petigru Allston (d. 1915), a union that produced several children, including Arnoldus Vanderhorst V (1877-1944).
Mrs. Ann Elliott Morris Vanderhorst, the recipient of several of the 19th century letters, was the daughter of Col. Lewis Morris (1752-1824) of Morrisania (N.Y.) and Charleston, South Carolina. She married Elias Vanderhorst (1791-1874), a planter of St. Bartholomew Parish (Colleton County, S.C.). Their children included Elias Vanderhorst (1825-1850), Lewis Morris Vanderhorst (1826-1864), Arnoldus Vanderhorst (1835-1881), and Anna Raven Vanderhorst (b.1830), who married John W. Lewis.
From the description of Vanderhorst family papers, 1728-1850. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 30611113
