Major General, CSA. Gen. Grimes led a distinguished career in the Army of Northern Virginia. He was the last Major General. appointed in the Confederate Army, and he led the last Confederate attack at Appomattox on the morning of April 9, 1865, before the surrender. He was murdered from ambush by a hired assassin named William Parker. Grimes has an elaborate monument in Trinity Churchyard Cemetery, near Chocowinity, North Carolina, but he is not buried there. He is actually buried in the family cemetery on his plantation of "Grimesland," about five miles northwest of the Trinity cemetery. The Grimes family cemetery is back in the woods behind the plantation house, and all of this land is private property. Both the Trinity Cemetery and "Grimesland" are located on North Carolina. Highway 33.
Major General, CSA. Gen. Grimes led a distinguished career in the Army of Northern Virginia. He was the last Major General. appointed in the Confederate Army, and he led the last Confederate attack at Appomattox on the morning of April 9, 1865, before the surrender. He was murdered from ambush by a hired assassin named William Parker. Grimes has an elaborate monument in Trinity Churchyard Cemetery, near Chocowinity, North Carolina, but he is not buried there. He is actually buried in the family cemetery on his plantation of "Grimesland," about five miles northwest of the Trinity cemetery. The Grimes family cemetery is back in the woods behind the plantation house, and all of this land is private property. Both the Trinity Cemetery and "Grimesland" are located on North Carolina. Highway 33.
Family Members
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Bryan Grimes
1793–1860
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Ann Grist Grimes
1798–1829
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Elizabeth Hilliard Davis Grimes
1833–1857 (m. 1851)
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Charlotte Emily Bryan Grimes
1840–1920 (m. 1863)
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Zilpha Ann Grimes
1819–1822
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Susan Grist Grimes Myers
1821–1862
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William Grimes
1823–1884
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Junius Augustus Grimes
1825–1833
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Mary Blount Grimes Cowper
1832–1917
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John Gray Blount Grimes
1834–1909
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Anne Bryan Grimes Stickney
1835–1869
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Willie Grimes
1837–1853
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Olivia Blount Grimes
1840–1866
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Infant Grimes
1852–1852
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Elizabeth "Bettie" Grimes Mordecai
1853–1946
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Nancy Grimes
1854–1854
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Alston Grimes
1866–1914
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John Bryan Grimes
1868–1923
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John Bryan Grimes
1868–1923
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Charlotte Bryan Grimes Williams
1869–1950
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Mary Bryan Grimes Hackett
1871–1957
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Susan Penelope Grimes
1872–1920
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William Demsie Grimes
1876–1932
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George Frederick Grimes
1877–1880
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Junius Daniel Grimes
1878–1959
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Theodora Bryan Grimes Rodman
1880–1939
Flowers
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