From Lowcountry to Liberty: Beaufort’s Revolutionary Patriots & Loyalists
Personal stories of bravery, service, and commitment to liberty on the South Carolina frontier.
Captain John DeTreville
Continental Officer & British Spy
William Hazzard Wigg
Daring & Resilient Patriot Leader
Captain Felix Warley
Dragoon Commander & Guerilla Fighter
Colonel Edward Barnwell
Commander of the Beaufort District Militia
Captain John Joyner
South Carolinian Naval Hero
Charles & James Davant
Hilton Head Island Planters & Patriots
General Stephen Bull
Commander of the Beaufort District Militia
Complicated & Contradictory:
Loyalism in Beaufort During the Revolution
A Settling of Scores In the Lowcountry
A Series of Retaliatory Incidents
Notable Tories in the Beaufort District
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The Talbird Family
Patriot Stalwarts of the Lowcountry
Colonel William Harden
Ranger Commander of Beaufort District
Jim Capers
African-American Hero of the Revolutionary War
Thomas Heyward Jr.
South Carolina Signer of the Declaration
Captain James Doharty
Scout Boat Captain & Ranger Leader
John "Captain Jack" Stoney
Patriot & Privateer of the Southern Coast