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Beaufort County offers powerful places, layered stories, and meaningful ways to connect with Revolutionary War history.
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Did You Know?
In 1775, Patriots from Beaufort District seized 16,000 pounds of British gunpowder off Daufuskie Island. Munitions that would help fuel Washington’s siege of Boston and change the course of the war.
Ten Sites You Shouldn’t Miss
1. Old Sheldon Church
Built in 1753 and burned by a Tory neighbor in 1779, this once-majestic church was a meeting place for the Beaufort district militia and now stands in ruins.
2. Battle of Port Royal Island
The Patriots’ first land-based win in South Carolina, this 1779 battle thwarted a British advance and saw two Declaration signers take the field alongside a heroic young Arican-American drummer, Jim Capers.
3. Beaufort Arsenal
Originally home to the Beaufort Volunteer Artillery, this 1798 structure now houses the Beaufort History Museum, still echoing its Revolutionary origins.
4. Parish Church of St. Helena
The third oldest church in the American Colonies. It's the churchyard that holds the graves of twelve Patriots and two British officers killed in the Battle of Port Royal Island.
5. Fort Prince Frederick Site
The southernmost British fort in North America, established in 1729, was enhanced with tabby walls in 1733 and garrisoned by British Regulars until it was replaced by Fort Lyttleton in 1758.
6. Zion Chapel of Ease Cemetery
On the grounds of a former militia meeting house, this cemetery honors four Patriot planters and marks Hilton Head Island’s only known Revolutionary War death in action.
7. Stoney-Baynard Ruins
Remains of 1793 tabby mansion were built on site of Revolutionary War and Early Colonial lookout station. Includes remains of Antebellum slave cabin foundations
8. Haig Point Ruins
Remains of tabby slave cabins and structures from a plantation founded in 1733 by Scottish immigrant George Haig, and once the site of one of the largest tabby mansions on the sea islands in SC.
9. Battle of Bloody Point
In 1775, Patriot militia and a schooner named Liberty seized 16,000 pounds of British gunpowder, supplies that would later sustain Washington's army in Boston.
10. Montpelier Cemetery
Site of the Revolutionary War home of the Pendarvis family, and the murder of Loyalists Richard Pendarvis and William Patterson by the Hilton Head Island Bloody Legion in 1781.
Explore Beaufort County’s Revolutionary War Legacy
Over 100 ambushes, battles, and skirmishes happened here. More than almost any other region.
This land didn’t just witness history. It made it.
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