Grimball family papers, 1683-1930 (bulk 1830-1900).

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Grimball family papers, 1683-1930 (bulk 1830-1900).

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22758239

The collection includes correspondence, plantation accounts, financial and legal papers, commonplace books, notebooks, scrapbooks, and other material, chiefly 1830 through 1900. Topics include the management of plantations before and after the Civil War; relations with slaves and freedmen; the careers of the Grimball sons in the Confederate Army, including William Grimball in the 1st South Carolina Artillery Regiment; and antebellum and postbellum family life in South Carolina and New York, through the Grimball's connections with the Morris family of Morrisania, N.Y. Also included are papers relating to John Berkley Grimball's interest in the Charleston Library Society.

About 1500 items (3.5 linear ft.).

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7083700

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Grimball, Margaret Ann Meta Morris, 1810-1881

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Margaret Ann Meta Morris Grimball, 1810-1881, was a descendant 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. Elizabeth was killed in a storm on Sullivan's Island, S.C., on 22 September 1822. In 1834, Lewis Morris married Aramintha Lowndes, who died in 1843. Through Meta's family, the Grimballs were, the...

Confederate states of America. Army

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The Savannah Ordnance Depot, Savannah, Georgia, was organized as a field depot during the Civil War. In April 1864, it became the Savannah Arsenal under the supervision of the Chief of Ordnance. From the description of Savannah Ordnance Depot employment roll, 1864. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477938 The Confederate States of America Army may have created the position of Purchasing Commissary of Subsistence to oversee the distribution of food and other supplies to the Co...

Charleston Library Society (Charleston, S.C.)

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Morris family.

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Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Artillery Regiment, 1st.

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Grimball family.

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Grimball family members were owners of Pinebury and Grove plantations near Charleston, S.C. Prominent family members include John Berkley Grimball (1800-1892), Margaret Ann (Meta) Morris Grimball (1810-1881), and their children. From the description of Grimball family papers, 1683-1930 (bulk 1830-1900). WorldCat record id: 22758239 ...

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 o...

Grimball, William, 1838-1864.

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