Results for Beaufort County, South Carolina
Beaufort County, South Carolina
Colonial And Revolutionary Period
1711-1860
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 ...
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Beaufort County, South Carolina
Exploration and Settlement
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 ...
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