The 1st South Carolina Volunteer Infantry Regiment
was raised from sea island slaves living around Port
Royal. Elements of the regiment were formed on Hilton
Head in May 1862. In August 1862, the regiment was
reorganized near Beaufort at the . . . — — Map (db m7094) HM
Prior to the Civil War, Beaufort was home to some of South Carolina's wealthiest citizens who had grown rich from the Sea Island Cotton harvested by the people they enslaved. In 1863, after more than a year of US Military occupation, the prewar . . . — — Map (db m227253) HM
Civil War Dead An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union troops. . . . — — Map (db m134423) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m114214) HM
(side 1) The Baptist Church of Beaufort descends from Euhaw Baptist Church on Edisto Island. In 1794 the first meeting house was built on this site. In 1795 Henry Holcombe moved to Beaufort and became the first mission pastor. The Beaufort . . . — — Map (db m133292) HM
(Front Text):
Battery Saxton, constructed here in 1862, was in the second line of earthworks built by Federal troops occupying Beaufort during the Civil War. Laid out by the 1st New York Engineers with the assistance of black laborers, it . . . — — Map (db m6985) HM
Erected in 1798 and rebuilt in 1852, the Beaufort Arsenal was the home of the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, commissioned in 1802, which had its roots in an earlier company organized in 1776 and served valiantly in the Revolutionary War. The BVA was . . . — — Map (db m5664) HM
Beaufort College, a college preparatory academy founded in 1795, occupied this Greek Revival building from 1852 to 1861. The school opened in 1804 at Bay and Church Sts. but closed in 1817 after a yellow fever epidemic, reopening in 1820 at . . . — — Map (db m218213) HM
1860 -
On November 7,1861 a flotilla of U.S. warships steamed into Port Royal and the "Cotton Kingdom" came to a swift and thunderous end. The planters were forced to flee inland, many never to return, abandoning homes, lands and slaves. . . . — — Map (db m5941) HM
1520 - 1711
In 1520 the Spaniard, Francisco Gordillo, sailing from Hispaniola, stopped near Port Royal Sound long enough to call the place Santa Elena. Fourty-two years later, in 1562, Jean Ribaut and his French Huguenots named the . . . — — Map (db m5886) HM
During the Colonial period the Beaufort district grew and prospered. Rice was produced for export on the mainland, indigo in the sea islands, shipbuilding flourished. The Parish System developed as the political basis and Beaufort competed with . . . — — Map (db m5935) HM
The Society, founded in 1814 to educate and provide relief for destitute children, built this
house in 1895 and leased it for many years, using the income to help the needy. Tenants included the Clover Club, which operated a circulating library . . . — — Map (db m5681) HM
Beaufort Historic District
has been designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This Site Possesses National Significance
in Commemorating the History of the
United States of America
1974
National Park . . . — — Map (db m55130) HM
National Cemetery Beaufort National Cemetery was established in 1863. The U.S. Army Quartermaster General's Office laid out the 22 acres in sections that radiate outward from a central plaza to form a half circle. Of the 9,226 interments here . . . — — Map (db m134421) HM
Beaufort 300
We celebrate and recognize the proud citizens
who gave generously to create and erect
these monuments to honor
Beaufort's 300th Birthday
January 17th 2011.
(Plaque 1)
Prior to the founding of . . . — — Map (db m67284) HM
Berean Church (side 1)Berean Presbyterian Church was founded by Samuel J. Bampfield, an influential African American political figure during Reconstruction. Bampfield served in the S.C. House of Representatives, was Beaufort's postmaster, . . . — — Map (db m133351) HM
(side 1) Beth Israel (House of Israel) Congregation was founded and chartered in 1905. Beaufort's Jewish community dates before the American Revolution, but grew most rapidly from the 1880s to the 1930s as more families arrived from Eastern . . . — — Map (db m133375) HM
Known for acts of bravery and outstanding leadership in the defense of Beaufort. This Memorial is erected by the Stephen Elliot Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy opposite the home in which this chapter was organized. — — Map (db m5638) HM
Built after The Great Fire of 1907 destroyed a frame ca. 1810 house on this site, this structure was consecutively home to hardware enterprises by two prominent Beaufort families for over 100 years. Beaufort 300 — — Map (db m135439) HM
Born in Dublin Ireland in 1671
Son of Jacobite, Alderman Matthew Barnwell
Immigrated to South Carolina in 1701
Protege of Governor Nathaniel Johnson
and Chief Justice Nicholas Trott
Deputy Surveyor in 1703
Clerk of the Council 1703 . . . — — Map (db m148755) HM
Welcome to Reconstruction Era National Historical Park. This unit of the national park system was established in January 2017 to preserve and interpret the resources and complex national stories of Reconstruction — African Americans' quest for . . . — — Map (db m227256) HM
Arrived Port Royal (Beaufort) 1666 with
Robert Sanford's Expedition exploring
the area. He remained with Indians and
learned their language. Captured by
Spanish, he escaped; later returned
guiding the Port Royal Colony. On his
advice the . . . — — Map (db m144230) HM
This church, founded in 1865, grew out of an antebellum praise house for black members of the Baptist Church of Beaufort. During the Civil War, after the Federal occupation of the town, it hosted a school for freedmen. Rev. Arthur Waddell . . . — — Map (db m103224) HM
On or near this site in the settlement known as Stuart Town stood the "Tight Watch House" erected in 1683-4. After the destruction of the town by the Spanish in 1686 it was replaced by a fort, approximately 100 feet square defended by "9 Great Guns" . . . — — Map (db m5939) HM
Early attempts to establish
a Presbyterian church in
Beaufort, in the 1740s and
1880s, were unsuccessful.
The first permanent
congregation was founded in
1912 by 16 charter members.
In 1921, when it acquired
this . . . — — Map (db m65698) HM
(side 1) This building was built ca. 1896 by the David Hunter Post No. 9, Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) The G.A.R., founded in 1866, was a fraternal society for veterans of the Union army and navy, with white and black posts. David . . . — — Map (db m133383) HM
Shortly after the Civil War, Mather School was founded here by Rachel Crane Mather of Boston. In 1882 the Women's American Baptist Home Mission Society assumed support of the venture, operating it as a normal school for black girls. With some . . . — — Map (db m6940) HM
Maxcy - Rhett House
This house was built circa 1810 for Milton Maxcy (1782-1817), who came here from Massachusetts in 1804. Maxcy and his brother Virgil, who founded a school for young men in Beaufort, later taught at Beaufort College. In the . . . — — Map (db m218490) HM
(Tablet One)
The Governor of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Michael S. Dukakis, and
descendant's of the African-American Civil
War Volunteers of the 54th and 55th Infantry
Regiments and the 5th Cavalry Regiment of
Massachusetts, . . . — — Map (db m20211) HM
Born in Stateburg, Sumter County, SC: October 7, 1821
Graduated from West Point: 1842
Served with distinction in Mexican War: 1846-1848
Served at Cavalry School in Carlisle, PA. and wed Sarah Gibson: 1850
With the secession of South . . . — — Map (db m148756) HM
Dedicated in 1971
to the memory of
State Highway Patrolman
R.V. Woods (1935-1969)
and all other
South Carolina
Law Enforcement Officers
who died while serving
in the line of duty — — Map (db m15605) HM
Born a slave in 1839, Robert Smalls lived to serve as a Congressman of the United States. In 1862 he commandeered and delivered to Union forces the Confederate gunboat Planter, on which he was a crewman. His career as a freedman included service as . . . — — Map (db m20144) HM
" Here, in 1794, I had the happiness,
instrumentally, to lay the foundation of
a place of worship which composed of
the best materials, and classes with the
most neat and commodious Baptist
meetinghouses in the United States."
(Rev. . . . — — Map (db m25958) HM
(Marker Front):
This Episcopal Parish was established by Act of the Assembly June 7, 1712. The first known rector, William Guy, conducted early worship services in homes of settlers. The parish suffered greatly during the 1715 Yemassee . . . — — Map (db m5827) HM
†
St. Helena's Parish was established June 7, 1712
by act of Provincial Assembly. First rector,
The Rev. William Guy, was appointed 1713; Glebe lands of 50 acres provided 1717.
Original church erected 1724; Enlarged
1770 and . . . — — Map (db m25741) HM
(side 1) This Greek Revival church, built In 1846, dedicated as "St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church," Is the oldest Catholic church in Beaufort County. Michael O'Connor (1798-1850), a native of Ireland who came to Beaufort In 1822, built . . . — — Map (db m133312) HM
Stephen Elliott Jr. Brigadier General C.S.A.
Born October 26, 1830. Beaufort, SC.
Capt., Beaufort Volunteer Artillery: 1861
Capt., 11th SC Volunteers: 1861
Chief of Artillery: SC 3rd Military District: 1862
Commanded the defense of Fort . . . — — Map (db m176515) HM
Tabernacle Church was formed by black members of Beaufort Baptist Church after other members evacuated the area because of Federal occupation in 1861. The church's lecture room was used for services during the war. In 1867 the black congregation . . . — — Map (db m9964) HM
Established as a mission of the Euhaw Baptist
Church in 1795, Henry Holcombe, pastor.
With Joseph B. Cook as pastor, the church
was chartered as a Baptist church by the
State of South Carolina on January 27,1804.
At the beginning of the Civil . . . — — Map (db m26102) HM
This structure housed a cobbler before the Levins operated businesses in it, including a print shop which produced printed materials for Parris Island using modern early 20th century equipment. Beaufort 300 — — Map (db m135456) HM
John Mark Verdier
1759-1826
Builder Of This House
1795-1800
General Lafayette Spoke To The People
Of Beaufort From This Portico
March 18, 1825 — — Map (db m19644) HM
(side 1) This church, established in 1833, was the first Methodist church in Beaufort and was founded as a mission to slaves and free blacks here and on the neighboring Sea Islands. The congregation had both black and white members but many . . . — — Map (db m133501) HM
Built in 1917-18, this was one of fourteen libraries constructed in S.C. with funding from the Carnegie Corporation. It was built at the urging of the Clover Club, a local women's literary group who in 1902 began a small subscription library. The . . . — — Map (db m223614) HM
(side 1)
This site was the starting point of the Great Fire of 1907, one of the worst disasters in the history of Beaufort. On Jan. 19, a fire started around 1:30 p.m. in F.W. Scheper's barn south of here and move into a large store at . . . — — Map (db m219671) HM
