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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Beaufort County, North Carolina. Official Website Beaufort County was first called Pamptecough. The name was changed about 1712 to Beaufort, named for Henry Scudamore , 3rd Duke of Beaufort, who became one of Carolina's Lords Proprietor around 1709. Adjacent Counties Pitt County Martin County Washington County Hyde County
The First Battle of Pocotaligo was a battle in the American Civil War fought on May 29, 1862 near Yemassee, South Carolina. The Union objective was to sever the Charleston and Savannah Railroad and thus isolate Charleston, South Carolina. The Second Battle of Pocotaligo, or Battle of Pocotaligo Bridge, or Battle of Yemassee, often referred to as simply the Battle of Pocotaligo, was a battle in...
Wikipedia =Beaufort National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Beaufort County, in the city of Beaufort, South Carolina. Find a Grave
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Beaufort County, South Carolina. Official Website History From the early days of plantations, African slaves outnumbered the European minority in the colony. The plantations on the Sea Islands had large concentrations of slaves, and frequently limited interaction with whites. The islands were sites of the development of the Gullah...
The cemetery is located on 1 Copeland Drive, Beaufort, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Find a Grave
The Battle of Honey Hill was the third battle of Sherman's March to the Sea , fought November 30, 1864, during the American Civil War . It did not involve Ma. Gen. William T. Sherman 's main force, marching from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia , but was a failed Union Army expedition under Brig. Gen. John P. Hatch that attempted to cut off the Charleston and Savannah Railroad in support of Sherman...
The Battle of Washington took place from March 30 to April 19, 1863, in Beaufort County, North Carolina , as part of Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet 's Tidewater operations during the American Civil War . This battle is sometimes referred to as the Siege of Little Washington . Wikipedia
John Joyner bought the property in 1785. His grandson, John Joyner Smith, (1790-1872), inherited the property upon his grandfather’s death in 1796. Smith grew Sea Island cotton on the seven hundred acres of land at Old Fort Plantation. In 1850, Smith harvested sixty-five bags of Sea Island cotton using the labor of 130 slaves.During the Civil War, Old Fort Plantation was confiscated by the US F...