He received his early education in Beaufort and apprenticed with Birkenwrath & Lowndes in Charleston at age 15. Later he formed a partnership in rice and cotton with Berkeley Wilkins known as Wilkins & Barnwell, located at 14 East Bay St. Shortly before the war he joined his son in establishing Barnwell & Son, Cotton Factors.
An active rice planter, he owned 440 acres on the Edisto River near Wiltown and managed the planting operations of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Gabriel Henry Manigault, nee Ann Manigault Heyward
At the beginning of the war he was considered one of the wealthiest members of his family, having an estate of $300,000.
In 1835 Edward Barnwell III married Margaret Manigault, daughter of Gabriel Henry and Ann Heyward Manigault. It was through this marriage that Edward Barnwell III received Prospect Plantation. He later changed the name to Prospect Hill. The plantation house was burned by Union troops in February 1865. Edward Barnwell III built another house on the property in 1878.
During his life he was:
Treasurer of the South Carolina Agricultural Society, 1844 - 1860
Representative to the Diocesan Convention from St. Peter's Church, Charleston and Christ Church, Wiltown
A member of the Honor Guard at the funeral of John C. Calhoun
He received his early education in Beaufort and apprenticed with Birkenwrath & Lowndes in Charleston at age 15. Later he formed a partnership in rice and cotton with Berkeley Wilkins known as Wilkins & Barnwell, located at 14 East Bay St. Shortly before the war he joined his son in establishing Barnwell & Son, Cotton Factors.
An active rice planter, he owned 440 acres on the Edisto River near Wiltown and managed the planting operations of his mother-in-law, Mrs. Gabriel Henry Manigault, nee Ann Manigault Heyward
At the beginning of the war he was considered one of the wealthiest members of his family, having an estate of $300,000.
In 1835 Edward Barnwell III married Margaret Manigault, daughter of Gabriel Henry and Ann Heyward Manigault. It was through this marriage that Edward Barnwell III received Prospect Plantation. He later changed the name to Prospect Hill. The plantation house was burned by Union troops in February 1865. Edward Barnwell III built another house on the property in 1878.
During his life he was:
Treasurer of the South Carolina Agricultural Society, 1844 - 1860
Representative to the Diocesan Convention from St. Peter's Church, Charleston and Christ Church, Wiltown
A member of the Honor Guard at the funeral of John C. Calhoun
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Catherine Osborn Barnwell Barnwell
1809–1886
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Mary Barnwell Bower Elliott
1811–1871
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Thomas Osborn Barnwell
1815–1879
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Martha Ann Barnwell
1818–1895
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Margaret Harriet "Meta" Barnwell
1822–1900
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John Smith Barnwell
1836–1887
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Woodward Barnwell
1838–1927
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Charlotte Cuthbert Barnwell
1842–1922
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Eliza Ann Barnwell
1846–1915
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Sarah Carolina Barnwell Aiken
1853–1904
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Alice Barnwell
1818–1818
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Anne Heyward Barnwell Nowell
1838–1864
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Dr Thomas Osborn Barnwell
1839–1898
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Elizabeth Osborn Barnwell
1842–1858
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Nathaniel Heyward Barnwell
1844–1910
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Arthur Barnwell
1845–1918
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Margaret Manigault Barnwell
1847–1868
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Richard Osborne Barnwell
1849–1882
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Gabriella Manigault Barnwell Francisco
1851–1907
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Catherine Osborn Barnwell
1852–1853
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Walter Izard Barnwell
1854–1906
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Esther Barnwell
1856–1937
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Mary Georgianna Barnwell Grimball
1857–1920
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Alice DeLancey Barnwell
1860–1948
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Ralph Izard "Rafe" Barnwell
1862–1891
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