Grimball, John Berkley, 1800-1892

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Charleston and St. Paul's Parish, Colleton District South Carolina rice plantation owner, South Carolina Senator, and president of the local agricultural society.

From the description of Diary of J.B. Grimball, 1832-1938. (College of Charleston). WorldCat record id: 31740871

S.C. Senator of Charleston and St. Paul's parish, 1838-1843; member, Southern Rights Convention, 1852; president, Charleston Library Society, 1871-1875; husband of Margaret Ann Morris Grimball; brother of Eliza B. Wilkins; son of John Grimball (1748-1804); father of Berkley (b.1833), Elizabeth Berkley, Lewis Morris, William Heyward, John (1840-1922), Arthur, Gabriella Manigault, Charlotte Manigault, Harry Morris, and Harriet Morris Grimball.

From the description of John Berkley Grimball papers, 1801-1896. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 44063023

Planter, of Charleston, S.C.

From the description of John Berkley Grimball papers, 1727-1930; (bulk 1840-1900). (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19594304

John Berkley Grimball, son of John Grimball, was born June 23, 1800 and died Mar. 7, 1893. On Mar. 10, 1830 he married Margaret Ann Morris (called Meta), daughter of Col. Lewis Morris and Elizabeth (Manigault) Morris of Morrisania, N.Y. and Wilton, St. Paul's Parish, S.C. She died in 1881. Both are buried at Magnolia. Grimball and his wife had at least eight children.

From the guide to the John Berkley Grimball Papers, 1727-1930, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University)

John Berkeley Grimball was a rice planter of Charleston and the Colleton District, S.C. Married Margaret Ann ("Meta") Morris.

From the description of John Berkley Grimball diaries, 1832-1883. WorldCat record id: 22612724

John Berkley Grimball, son of John and Eliza Berkley Grimball, was born in Charleston, South Carolina, 23 June 1800, and died there in 1892. He was a descendant of Paul Grimball (died 1696), who came to South Carolina from England in 1682 and was secretary and receiver general of the province.

Grimball was graduated from Princeton University in 1819 and traveled for some time in Europe before returning to South Carolina to begin his career as a rice planter. In 1830, he married Margaret Ann (Meta) Morris (1810-1881), a descendent of Lewis Morris, general in the Continental Army, member of the Continental Congress, and signer of the Declaration of Independence. Meta's father, also called Lewis Morris, married Elizabeth Manigault of South Carolina in 1807. She died in 1822. In 1834, Morris married Aramintha Lowndes, who died in 1843. Lewis Morris, while maintaining control of Morris family property around Morrisania in upper New York state, lived near the Grimballs at the Bluff Plantation. Through Meta's family, Grimball was connected to the prominent Manigault and Lowndes families of South Carolina. It was also Meta's income from the New York estates that helped sustain the Grimball family after the Civil War.

The Grimballs had nine children: Elizabeth (1831-1914), who married William Munro (died 1900) and lived in Unionville, South Carolina; Berkley (1833-1899), who studied law; Lewis (1835-1901), a physician who married Clementina Legge; William (died 1864); John (died 1922), who attended the United States Naval Academy and married Katie Moore; Arthur (died 1894); Gabriella (died 1924); Charlotte; and Harry, who married Helen E. Trenholm, daughter of Edward L. Trenholm, in 1876.

Other information about Grimball and his family appears in the descriptions that follow.

From the guide to the John Berkley Grimball Diaries, 1832-1883, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

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creatorOf John Berkley Grimball Diaries, 1832-1883 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
creatorOf Grimball, John Berkley, 1800-1892. Diary of J.B. Grimball, 1832-1938. College of Charleston, Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library
referencedIn Grimball, John, 1840-1922. John Grimball family papers, 1804-1893, bulk 1858-1885. South Carolina Historical Society
referencedIn Grimball family. Grimball family papers, 1683-1930 (bulk 1830-1900). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
creatorOf John Berkley Grimball Papers, 1727-1930 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Whaley, Mitchell & Clancy. Whaley, Mitchell & Clancy law firm records, 1853-1871, bulk 1866-1871. South Carolina Historical Society
creatorOf Grimball, John Berkley, 1800-1893. John Berkley Grimball papers, 1727-1930; (bulk 1840-1900). Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Grimball, John, 1840-1922. Correspondence, 1856-1909. South Carolina Historical Society
creatorOf Grimball, John Berkley, 1800-1893. John Berkley Grimball papers, 1801-1896. University of South Carolina, System Library Service, University Libraries
creatorOf Grimball, John Berkley, 1800-1892. John Berkley Grimball diaries, 1832-1883. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Rutledge, Archibald Hamilton, 1883-1973,. Archibald Hamilton Rutledge papers, 1766-1871 [manuscript]. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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associatedWith Frost, Edwin P. person
associatedWith Grimball, Berkeley, b. 1833. person
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correspondedWith Grimball, John, 1840-1922 person
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correspondedWith Grimball, Margaret Ann Morris, 1810-1881 person
correspondedWith Grimball, William person
associatedWith Keller, Frederica B., person
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correspondedWith Wilkins, Elizabeth Berkley person
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United States
Morrisania (N.Y. : Town)
United States
Old Fort Plantation (S.C.)
Antwerp Plantation (S.C.)
Charleston (S.C.)
Mexico
Colleton District (S.C.)
Confederate States of America
South Carolina
Virginia
Southern States
United States
Slann's Island (S.C.)
Charleston (S.C.)
South Carolina
Grove Plantation (Charleston County, S.C.)
South Carolina--Charleston County
South Carolina
Pinebury Plantation (Charleston County, S.C.)
South Carolina
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Death 1892

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