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Jan
1969
Beaufort Historic District Listed on National Register
Beaufort, SC· year date
The Story
The Beaufort Historic District, containing one of the most intact concentrations of antebellum architecture in the South, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. The designation focused primarily on the antebellum period architecture, but the district also preserves the street plan, church sites, and waterfront orientation that date to the colonial and Revolutionary War era.
Sources for Beaufort
Beaufort District Committee of Safety Records, 1775-1776
South Carolina Historical SocietyNational Park Service / Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission
Lieutenant Governor William Bull II Papers: Beaufort District Correspondence, 1774-1776
South Carolina Department of Archives and HistoryPension Applications: Beaufort District Militia, 1820s-1840s
National Archives and Records AdministrationRoyal Navy Logs: Port Royal Station, 1779-1782
Public Record Office (National Archives, United Kingdom)Beaufort History Museum
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The Cherokee War and Its Aftermath in the South Carolina Backcountry
University of South Carolina PressThe History of Beaufort County, South Carolina, Vol. 1: 1514-1861
University of South Carolina Press (Lawrence S. Rowland et al.)The Swamp War: Guerrilla Operations in the South Carolina Lowcountry, 1780-1782
South Carolina Historical MagazineThomas Heyward Jr. and the Beaufort Patriot Community
South Carolina Historical SocietyDiscover Beaufort / Beaufort County