South Carolina: Beaufort County Historical Society
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John Mark Verdier1759-1826Builder Of This House1795-1800General Lafayette Spoke To The PeopleOf Beaufort From This PorticoMarch 18, 1825
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To St. Helena's Church, Beaufort, S.C. Built about 1740. Made a separate church after the revolution. Burned by forest fire Feb. 22, 1886.
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Less than three decades after Columbus had discovered America, on Aug. 18, 1521 ( St. Helena's Day ), Spanish seafarers from Santo Domingo sighted this magnificent harbor, named its Eastern headland the Punta de Santa Elena, from which the area derived its …
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Settled in 1825, as a summer resort of rice and cotton planters, this town was incorporated in 1852. Here in 1844 the was launched the protest against the Federal tariff known as the "Bluffton Movement".
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Ruins of Old SheldonPrince William's Parish ChurchBuilt 1745-55. Burned 1779 by British. Rebuilt 1826. Burned1865 by Federal Army. Named forancestral home of the Bull familyin Warwickshire, England.———Annual ServicesSecond Sunday after Easter
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Born in South Carolina, Pinckney was educated in England and served in the First and Second Provincial Congresses. A commander in the Revolution, he later served in the SC General Assembly, signed the US Constitution, and was adelegate to the SC Constitutio…