Arnoldus Vanderhorst papers, 1763-1817.

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Arnoldus Vanderhorst papers, 1763-1817.

1763 - 1817

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Papers consist of official and business correspondence, financial records, including accounts for Vanderhorst's plantations at Kiawah and on the Wando River, estate papers, a 1796 speech to the South Carolina legislature, and other items. Correspondents of Captain Arnoldus Vanderhorst, on board the ship Flag of Truce of North Carolina, include North Carolina Governor A. Nash, William Moultrie, and others. Business correspondence of Vanderhorst with surveyor John Hardwick and others concerns the surveying of Kiawah Island (S.C.), and damages to the island by the British; construction of a house and schooner; and land matters. Other business papers include tax receipts and accounts for plantations, houses, and other concerns. Political correspondence (1795-1796) pertains to frontier defenses against the Cherokee and Creek Indians, political appointments, pirates, congressional elections, law codes, and other matters; correspondents include Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, Robert Anderson, Hugh Rutledge, and others. Estate papers (1763-1817) consist of correspondence, accounts and other financial records, wills and other legal instruments, and other items. Papers include correspondence concerning claims on the estate of John Gibbes (1696-1764); a list of the possessions of John Paul Grimke (1713-1791); and estate papers of Arnoldus Vanderhorst (1748-1815) and John S. Vanderhorst (d. 1816).

ca. 450 items.

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Nash, Abner, 1740-1786

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Abner Nash (August 8, 1740 – December 2, 1786) was an American lawyer and statesman. He notably served as the second Governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina between 1781 and 1782 before representing North Carolina in the Continental Congress from 1782 until his death. Born at Templeton Manor, his family's plantation in Prince Edward County in the Colony of Virginia, Nash attended rural schools and read law before being admitted to the bar in Virginia. He began his political career there,...

Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, 1746-1825

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Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (February 25, 1746 – August 16, 1825) was an early American statesman of South Carolina, Revolutionary War veteran, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. He was twice nominated by the Federalist Party as its presidential candidate in 1804 and 1808, losing both elections. Pinckney was born into a powerful family of aristocratic planters. He practiced law for several years and was elected to the colonial legislature. A supporter of independence from Great Br...

Rutledge, Hugh, 1745-1911.

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Flag of Truce (Ship)

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Gibbes, John, 1696-1764

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Vanderhorst, Arnoldus, 1748-1815

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Christ Church Parish, S.C. plantation owner and politician. Among other properties, Vanderhorst owned houses in Charleston (S.C.) and a plantation on Kiawah Island (S.C.). He was elected as a state representative for his parish in 1772 and afterwards held many political offices, including Governor of South Carolina from 1794 to 1796. During the Revolutionary War Vanderhorst served as captain of a militia company stationed at Haddrell's Point (S.C.), and colonel (1782) under General Francis Mario...

Anderson, Robert, 1741-1812.

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Robert Anderson was the son of John and Jean Anderson. He was born in Augusta County, Virginia in 1741. He came to South Carolina at the age of twenty as a surveyor. Following his marriage to Ann Thompson in Virginia on November 6, 1765, he moved permanently to South Carolina. Anderson was a member of the Second General Assembly (1776-1778) and represented the Ninety Six District in the Third through Eighth General Assemblies (1779-1790). When Pendleton County was created, he represented that el...

Grimke, John Paul, 1713-1791.

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Hardwick, John.

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Moultrie, William, 1730-1805

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Revolutionary Army officer and govenor of South Carolina; Captain (Provincial South Carolina Regiment), and Major General (Continental Army); S.C. Governor (1785-1787 and 1792-1794); served in S.C. House, 1783; as Lieutenant Governor, 1784; and in the S.C. Senate, 1787 From the description of William Moultrie papers, 1757-1963 and undated. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 44061063 South Carolina plantation owner, author, politician, and Revolutionary War g...

Vanderhorst, John Stanyarne, 1781-1816.

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