Beverly R. Grayson

Beverly R. Grayson (1782 – 1843)[citation needed] was an American public official and state legislator in Mississippi.

He served as a clerk of the territorial supreme court until 1808,[1] and represented Adams County, Mississippi in the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1820 and 1821.

[3][4] He was appointed Register of the Land Office at Washington, in the state of Mississippi.

[6] He announced his candidacy for Mississippi governor in the 1827 election but lost to Gerard Brandon.

[10] Grayson was on the Board of Trustees of Elizabeth Female Academy and helped managed a lottery authorized by the legislature for the school to raise funds.