A Collection in
the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 23409
Library of Virginia
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St. George Tucker Grinnan was born 6 April 1870, in Madison
County, Virginia, to Andrew Glassell Grinnan (1827-1902) and
Georgia Screven Bryan Grinnan (1837-1912). He was educated in
Madison County schools, then attended the University of
Virginia, graduating with a medical degree in 1901. Grinnan
practiced medicine until he retired in 1947. He also served as
professor of pediatrics at the Medical College of Virginia.
Grinnan belonged to several medical associations and wrote
several articles for medical journals. He married Susan F.
Dabney on 18 April 1906, and they had five children. Grinnan
died 10 November 1952, in Richmond, Virginia. He is buried in
Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond.
Papers, 1716-1885, compiled by St. George Tucker Grinnan
consisting mainly of the correspondence of John Coalter
(1769-1838) of Richmond, Virginia, and John Randolph Bryan
(1806-1887) of Georgia and Fluvanna County, Virginia. About
two-thirds of the collection is the correspondence to and from
Judge Coalter and his family, including his wife, Ann Frances
Bland Tucker Coalter (1779-1813) and his father St. George
Tucker (1752-1827). Writers comment on political and social
events. Other correspondents include John Randolph
(1773-1833), William Wirt (1772-1834), Beverley Tucker
(1784-1851), and Henry St. George Tucker (1780- 1848).
About one-third of the collection is the correspondence of
Bryan to his daughter, Georgia Screven Bryan Grinnan
(1837-1912) and her husband, Andrew Glassell Grinnan
(1827-1902). These letters comment mostly on Bryan's
plantations at Carysbrook in Fluvanna County, and Lafitta in
Louisiana, as well as coal mining. Papers also inclue bonds,
deeds, land grants, lists of slaves, obituaries, powers of
attorney, promissory notes, transcripts, wills, and Bible
records for the Bryan and Dabney families.
Item a: Bond. George Alves, New Kent
County, to George Dabney, King William County, dated
9 October 1716, and recorded New
Kent County,
11 October 1716.
3 prints.
Item b: Patent. Four hundred acres in
Hanover County to Captain George Dabney, King William
County, by Hugh Drysdale, Lieutenant Governor of
Virginia,
9 July 1724.
2 prints.
Item c: Will. Mary Barret, Louisa
County, dated
3 December 1741, and proved
[24 February 1746].
1 print.
Item d: Power of attorney. Charles
Dabney to Benjamin Forsythe, both parties of Hanover
County, dated
4 August 1794.
1 print.
Item e: Letter. Frances Bland Coalter,
Warm Spring, Bath County, to Mrs. [Frances?] Davenport,
near Staunton,
20 September 1809.
1 print.
Item f: Will. Frances Davenport,
Augusta County, dated
3 April 1810.
2 prints.
Item g: Letter. Frances Bland Coalter,
Staunton, to John Coalter, Richmond,
8 June [1811].
4 prints.
Item h: Letter. Frances Bland Coalter
to Mrs. [Frances?] Davenport, Elm Grove near Staunton,
20 September [1811].
1 print.
Item i: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, Richmond,
11 October 1811.
1 print.
Item j: Letter. Frances Bland Coalter
to John Coalter, Richmond,
December 1811.
3 prints.
Item k: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, Richmond,
9 December 1811.
3 prints.
Item l: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to Mr. and Mrs. Coalter and Mr. and Mrs.
Cabell, Richmond,
1 January 1812.
3 prints.
Item m: Letter. John Coalter, to Mrs.
[Frances?] Davenport, near Staunton,
15 June 1813.
4 prints.
Item n: Letter. John Randolph,
Richmond, to Charles Harris, Savannah, Georgia,
23 February 1814.
2 prints.
Included is a copy of an obituary notice of Joseph
Bryan, dated
5 September 1812, and a copy of a
promissory note from Jonathan Bryan to John Baber and
Company,
12 April 1757 .
Item o: Letter. John Coalter,
Richmond, to Mrs. [Frances?] Davenport, near Staunton,
10 May 1814.
1 print.
Item p: Letter. Fancilea Coalter to
[?],
17 July 1814.
2 prints.
Included is a postscript by "J.C."
Item q: Memorandum. St. George Tucker,
Warminster, to [?] Coalter,
27 September 1814.
2 prints.
Item r: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Warminster, to John Coalter, Richmond,
27 September 1814.
4 prints.
Item s: Letter. [Mary Tucker?],
Charlotte, to brother John Coalter, Richmond,
13 October 1814.
5 prints.
Item t: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Norfolk, to John Coalter, Richmond,
7 November 1814.
1 print.
Item u: Letter. J. Ranolph to brother,
John Coalter, Bush Hill, near Richmond,
3 December 1814.
1 print.
Item v: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, Richmond,
26 December 1814.
4 prints.
Item w: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, [?] Coalter,
1 March 1815.
1 print.
Item x: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, near Richmond,
5 March 1815.
1 print.
Item y: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, Bush Hill near Richmond,
6 March 1815.
1 print.
Item z: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, Bush Hill near Richmond,
24 April 1815.
1 print.
Item aa: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, Bush Hill near Richmond,
25 November 1815.
1 print.
Item ab: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, Bush Hill near Richmond,
1 December 1815.
4 prints.
Item ac: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, Richmond,
9 December 1815.
4 prints.
Item ad: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, near Richmond,
20 December 1815.
1 print.
Item ae: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, near Richmond,
1 January [1816].
1 print.
Item af: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, near Richmond,
9 January 1816.
1 print.
Item ag: Letter. John Ranolph, George
Town, to Mrs. Judith Randolph, Richmond,
20 January 1816.
3 prints.
Item ah: Letter. Henry St. George
Tucker to John Coalter, Richmond
[? February 1816].
1 print.
Item ai: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, Richmond,
21 February 1816.
1 print.
Item aj: Letter. Henry St. George
Tucker, Washington, to John Coalter, Richmond,
28 February 1816.
1 print.
Item ak: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to [Coalter?],
4 March 1816.
1 print.
Item al: Letter. St. George Tucker to
John Coalter, Richmond,
15 March 1816(?).
1 print.
Item am: Letter. William Wirt,
Richmond, to [?] Coalter,
27 June 1816.
1 print.
Item an: Letter. Joseph C. Cabell,
Edgewood, to Judge Coalter, near Richmond,
1 July 1816.
3 prints.
Item ao: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Warminster, to John Coalter, Staunton,
22 September 1816.
4 prints.
Item ap: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to [?] Coalter,
15 November 1816.
s prints.
Included is a postscript by "L.T."
Item aq: Letter. St. George Tucker to
John Coalter,
22 March 1817.
2 prints.
Item ar: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Williamsburg, to John Coalter, Bush Hill near Richmond,
26 April 1817.
4 prints.
Item as: Letter. St. George Tucker,
Norfolk, to [?] Coalter,
2 May 1819.
1 print.
Item at: Letter. Delia F. Bryan,
Nonchelance, Georgia, to John Ranolph, Charlotte Court
House,
8 November 1819.
1 print.
Item au: Letter. Henry St. George
Tucker, Williamsburg, to John Coalter, Richmond,
24 December 1819.
3 prints.
Item av: Letter. B. Tucker, St. Louis,
to John Coalter, Richmond,
26 December 1819.
1 print.
Item aw: Letter. Dabney Carr,
Winchester, to John Coalter, Richmond,
18 February 1820.
3 prints.
Item ax: Letter. Henry St. George
Tucker to John Randolph, [Washington],
26 April 1824.
1 print.
Item ay: Letter. Elizabeth Tucker
Coalter, Bush Hill, to John Randolph, Washington,
13 March 1826.
1 print.
Item az: Letter. William Wirt,
Washington, to John Coalter, Chatham near
Fredericksburg,
11 August 1827.
1 print.
Item ba: Letter. John Randolph,
Chatham, to Henry Tucker, Winchester,
6 February 1829.
1 print.
Item bb: Letter. John Randolph Bryan,
Brooklyn, to John Randolph, Richmond,
7 October 1829.
3 prints.
Item bc: Letter. John Randolph,
Roanoke, to John Randolph Bryan, Eagle Point near
Gloucester Court House,
29 July 1832.
1 print.
Item bd: Letter. John Randolph,
Roanoke, to John Randolph Bryan, Eagle Point near
Gloucester Court House,
22 August 1832.
1 print.
Item be: Letter. John Randolph,
Philadelphia, to John Randolph Bryan and Elizabeth
Tucker Coalter Bryan,
24 May 1824.
1 print.
Item bf: Letter. Elizabeth Tucker
Bryan, Eagle Point, to Mrs. Tucker, Williamsburg,
24 June 1833.
3 prints.
Item bg: Letter. Joseph Bryan,
Savannah, to John R. Bryan, Gloucester Court House,
11 December 1835.
3 prints.
Item bh: Letter. Elizabeth Tucker
Bryan, Eagle Point, to [?],
8 February 1854(?).
4 prints.
Item bi: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Boscobel, to Dr. Andrew G. Grinnan,
24 February 1860.
1 print.
Item bj: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, to Dr. Andrew G. Grinnan,
9 August 1860.
4 prints.
Item bk: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, to Mrs. Georgia G. Grinnan,
16 January 1862.
2 prints.
Item bl: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, to [?],
9 June 1868.
1 print.
Item bm: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Lafitta, to Mrs. Andrew G. Grinnan,
14 December 1868.
2 prints.
Item bn: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Lafitta, to Mrs. Georgia G. Grinnan,
1870.
2 prints.
Item bo: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, to [?] Grinnan,
21 December 1871.
1 print.
Item bp: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Richmond, to Dr. Andrew G. Grinnan,
14 March 1872.
2 prints.
Item bq: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, to [?],
16 August 1872.
2 prints.
Included are notes from another family member.
Item br: Letter. John R. Bryan, New
Orleans, to [?] Grinnan,
7 April 1874(?).
2 prints.
Item bs: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, to Dr. Andrew G. Grinnan,
29 April 1784(?).
1 print.
Item bt: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Richmond, to [?],
5 December 1874(?).
1 print.
Item bu: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, to Mrs. Andrew G. Grinnan,
6 April 1875.
2 prints.
Item bv: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, [?],
2 February 1877.
1 print.
Item bw: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, to [?],
9 February 1878.
1 print.
Item bx: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, to [?] Grinnan,
16 April 1878.
2 prints.
Item by: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, to Mrs. Georgia G. Grinnan,
9 June 1879.
2 prints.
Item bz: Card. John M. Bryan to Dr.
Andrew G. Grinnan, New York City,
[March 17, 1882?].
print.
Item ca: Letter. John R. Bryan,
University, to [?],
17 October 1883.
1 print.
Item cb: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Fredericksburg, to Dr. Andrew G. Grinnan,
21 March 1884.
2 prints.
Item cc: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Fredericksburg, [?],
3 October 1885.
2 prints.
Item cd: Letter. Frances Bland Coalter
to Mrs. Davenportm Elm Grove near Staunton,
[September 1809?].
2 prints.
Item ce: Deed. Walter Crew and wife,
Sarah and Samuel Cooper and wife, Susanna, to Charles
Dabney, both parties of Hanover County, 15 acres in
Hanover County.
1 print.
Instrument is unsigned, undated, and does not include
a date of recordation.
Item cf: Letter. John R. Bryan,
Carysbrook, to [?], n.d.
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