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Grayson, William John

state legislator, congressman, author, was born Nov. 10, 1788, in Beaufort, S. C. He was a commissioner in equity of South Carolina for many years; a member of the state legislature in 1813; and a representative in congress from 1833 to 1837. He was appointed, by President Taylor, collector of the customs of Charleston, holding the office until 1853. He subsequently devoted himself to planting; published The Hireling and the Slave; Chicora, and Other Poems; and was the author of a Life of J. L. Petigru. He died Oct. 4, 1863, in Newberne, S. C.