John B. Gripon (1809–1847) was a Liberian legislator, pastor, and judge.
[1] Gripon was born free in South Carolina, United States, in 1809.
In 1840, he was elected to the commonwealth legislature of Liberia representing Monrovia.
[1] On July 26, 1847, Gripon was one of eleven signers of the Liberian Declaration of Independence.
That same year, he served briefly as a judge for Montserrado County, head of the Methodist Conference Liberia Seminary, and a member of the Senate of Liberia for two months prior to his death.