Elias Vanderhorst papers, 1818-1876.

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Elias Vanderhorst papers, 1818-1876.

Papers consist of bonds and a mortgage, estate papers, including correspondence, accounts, wills and other legal instruments, and a funeral sermon. Much of the estate papers pertain to the estates of members of the Morris family and include an account book, a conveyance of real estate, a list of personal belongings, letters from James Louis Petigru and others, summons and complaints regarding estate litigation, and wills. Other estate papers include the wills (1857,1864,1874) of Elias Vanderhorst (1791-1874) and others.

ca. 50 items.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7376043

South Carolina Historical Society

Related Entities

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Morris family.

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Petigru, James Louis, 1789-1863

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Lawyer of Charleston, S.C.; Union Party supporter and opponent of nullification and secession; Attorney General of S.C., 1822-1830; unsuccessful Unionist candidate for the S.C. Senate, 1830; code commissioner, 1859-1863; graduate, S.C. College, 1809; son of William Pettigrew (1758-1837) and Louise Guy Gibert Pettigrew; husband of Jane Amelia Postell; father of artist Caroline Petigru Carson (b. 1820-1892). From the description of James Louis Petigru papers, 1822-1948. (University of ...

Vanderhorst, Elias, 1791-1874.

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Charleston, Aiken, and St. Bartholomew Parish, S.C. plantation owner. He married Ann Elliott Morris, daughter of Col. Lewis Morris of Morrisania, N.Y. Elias Vanderhorst was a delegate to the Nullification Convention (1832) and was Director of the Bank of the State of South Carolina. From the description of Elias Vanderhorst papers, 1818-1876. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 35953512 ...