Beaufort, North Carolina History

Histories and Images from the Past - Compiled by Artist and Researcher Mary Warshaw

1857 Morehead City

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Established 1713

Established 1713
Incorporated 23 Nov 1723

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This site has been compiled by artist, historian and researcher Mary Warshaw. If you have additional histories, corrections, old Beaufort photos not included on this site or family photos, please send them to Mary. This site is ongoing...as discovered and documented more accurately, more will be added.

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For EASIER NAVIGATION, posts BELOW are now divided into categories.

Beaufort History Album

Beaufort History Album
...a sample of images from this site

Summer Field Study 2011

  • Ann Wade House
  • Caleb Bell House
  • James Davis House 1829
  • Jesse Piver House
  • Joseph King House
  • Mace House
  • Manney House
  • Nelson House
  • Owins-Bedford House
  • Paquinet House
  • Ward-Hancock House

Early History

  • Beaufort - 1713
  • Beaufort - Name
  • French Connections
  • French Huguenots
  • Indians
  • John Lawson - Death
  • John Lawson - Excerpts
  • NC's Five Oldest Towns
  • Queen Anne
  • Seal of Albemarle
  • Spanish Visitor - 1783

General History Overviews

  • 18th Century
  • 19th Century
  • 20th Century
  • African-Americans
  • Battle of Beaufort 1782
  • Colonial Beaufort - Charles Paul
  • Coree & Tuscarora War
  • Drummonds Atlas 1924
  • Green's 1707 Grant
  • Historic District
  • Incorporated 1723
  • Named and Laid Out 1713
  • Nathaniel Taylor owner 1725-33
  • Pre-Revolution
  • Queen Anne's Revenge
  • Revolutionary War
  • Richard Rustull owner 1720-25

Historic Homes

  • Architectural Treasure - Tony P. Wrenn
  • Buckman House
  • Carteret County Home
  • Chadwick House
  • Davis House Hotel
  • Davis House Survival
  • Davis, James 1817 House
  • Davis, James 1829 House
  • Duncan House & Family History
  • Duncan House & Ft. Macon
  • Duncan House - Blades & Babe Ruth
  • Duncan House - Significance
  • Franklin Masonic Lodge - Hugh Jones House
  • Front Street Houses
  • Gabriel House
  • Hammock House
  • Hatsell-Clawson House
  • Henry, Jacob House
  • Ireland House
  • Jones, Paul House
  • Manney, Dr. James House
  • Norcom House
  • Rustull, Richard Jr. House
  • Ward-Hancock House
  • Wheatley House

Old Maps

  • Sauthier Map 1770
  • Morehead City 1857
  • Gray's Map 1882
  • Beaufort Harbor 1854
  • Beaufort 1857

Buildings & Places

  • Ann Street Methodist - History
  • Ann Street Methodist Memorabilia
  • Apothecary
  • Atlantic Hotel
  • Bear & Huggins Islands
  • Bogue Banks Lighthouse
  • Cape Lookout Lighthouse
  • Clawson's Grocery
  • Confederate Monument
  • Courthouses
  • Hammond Hospital and Old Cemetery
  • Norcom House & Old Inlet Inn
  • Octagon House - Beaufort Connection
  • Post Office 1937
  • Purvis Chapel
  • St. Paul's Episcopal
  • St. Paul's School

People & Families

  • Biddle, Charles
  • Burns, Otway
  • Chadwick the Whaler & Family
  • Chadwick, Robt. & Charlie Soong
  • Cooke Family
  • Davis, James - Builder of Beaufort Houses
  • Davis, William Family
  • Gooding, Capt. Matthew
  • Graves, Richard
  • Green, Farnifold
  • Green, Farnifold - Descendants
  • Hancock, Sterling Price
  • Hatsell Family
  • Hatsell, Charlie
  • Leecraft, Benjamin & Descendants
  • Leffers, Samuel
  • Manney-French Love Story
  • Morton, Annie
  • Oaksmith, Appleton
  • Paquinet, Michael
  • Pigot, Emiline
  • Piver Family
  • Taylor, Wiley Sr. & Post Office
  • Willis, Capt' Jack
  • Yeatman, Georgina

Boats & Ships

  • Crissie Wright
  • Crissie Wright - Model
  • Crissie Wright Remembered
  • Crissie Wright Wreckage
  • Mail Boats
  • Maritime History
  • Periauger
  • Queen Anne's Revenge
  • Spirit of Roanoke
  • USS Monitor
  • USS Pevensey

Old Photos

  • Ann Street
  • Archives & History Photos
  • B.L. Perry House
  • Bordon Skiff
  • Buckman House Window
  • Burying Ground - Wrenn Photo
  • Duncan, Davises and Mansons
  • Football Team - 1930
  • Garbacon Plantation
  • Johnston - 1936 Beaufort
  • New Inlet Inn 1917
  • Old POSTCARDS
  • Reserve Cutter
  • St. Paul's Cemetery - 2008 Snow
  • Whaling

Fort Macon

  • Christmas 1862
  • Jeannie Coues
  • Civil War Graphics
  • Clapper Rail Nest
  • Johnston Photos

Articles

  • Atlantic Beach-Early Days
  • Beaufort Plaque
  • Beaufort Woman's Club
  • Blackbeard Painting
  • Bogue Banks and Borden
  • Carteret Coat of Arms
  • Early Fire Department
  • Mail
  • Origins of the Marine Lab
  • Outer Banks Windmills
  • Pirate Stede Bonnet
  • Post Office Murals
  • Rachel Carson Horses - Source of
  • Roosevelt on Outer Banks
  • Rowing to the Lab from Willis' Pier
  • Salt Works
  • Spanish Intrusions - 1747 - 1960-61 Reenactments
  • Town Marsh - Dredge-spoil Island
  • Train
  • Visitors to Beaufort - 1865
  • Whale Story

Special Pages

  • Home
  • Biddle’s Time in Beaufort 1778-80
  • Jacob Henry House circa 1800
  • Davis-Duncan House & Family
  • Builder James Davis 1780-1861
  • Founding of BHA
  • Fort Macon Remembers
  • Beaufort's African-American History
  • 1752 Calendar Change

First Post 2006

  • Past, Present & Future

MORE Beaufort History - A separate site

POSTS:

  • James Davis - Builder of Beaufort Houses
  • Rumley Diary 1862
  • Post Civil War Visitors to Beaufort
  • Ward-Hancock House
  • Two William Bordens
  • Two Weeks During Revolution
  • QAR and Blackbeard
  • Wreckage Could Be Crissie Wright
  • Queen Anne's Revenge

SPECIAL PAGES:

  • Early 18th Century Farnifold Green Homestead
  • The Story of North Carolina's Maritime Museum
  • Col. Joseph Bell of Carteret County
  • Fuller Family - Beaufort NC
  • Postmasters
  • How Gallant's Point and Gallant's Channel Got Their Names
  • Beaufort During the Revolution
  • Carteret County during the Revolutionary Period

PORCHSCAPES -The Colors of Beaufort, North Carolina

PORCHSCAPES -The Colors of Beaufort, North Carolina
Three Centuries of History Woven Through Art and Words - CLICK IMAGE
Charles L. Paul's thesis, Colonial Beaufort: The History of a North Carolina Town, is now on the town website.

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Beaufort and Other NC History Sites compiled by Mary Warshaw

  • Take a Walk Through Historic Beaufort, NC
    Book
  • Monroe, North Carolina - Miscellaneous History
    Thomas Jackson Gordon 1862-1918
  • Beaufort, NC - Old Postcards
    Circa 1905 - West End of Front Street
  • Swansboro, North Carolina - History
    1790 Census Records
  • Davis-Duncan House 1815 - Beaufort, North Carolina
    DECEMBER 24, 2012
  • Stantons - Early Beaufort, NC Settlers
    An Overview
  • . . . More Beaufort, North Carolina History
    Early 18th Century Farnifold Green Homestead
  • Robert Williams Sailed to Beaufort NC in 1765
    Williams Purchased the "White House" Property
  • Hatsell-Clawson House circa 1902
    105 Years Later...
  • North Carolina's Five Oldest Towns
    Overview
  • PORCHSCAPES - The Colors of Beaufort, North Carolina
  • Miss Annie Morton
    Morton House circa 1903

Other Warshaw Sites

  • Tidewater Gallery
  • Beaufort Sister Cities
    2013 Mural Competition Photo Album
  • SCUTTLEBUTT - Nautical Books and Bounty
    Boxed Note Cards - Beaufort's Historic Homes
  • Beaufort Harbor
    Unique Afternoon Light and Greening Up
  • Beaufort, North Carolina's BEST
    Rachel Carson Reserve Photo Album
  • Tidewater Gallery "Focus"
  • Beaufort Artists
    Carol Roop - Stained Glass Artist
  • Prime NC Coastal Property FOR SALE in Beaufort "America's Coolest Small Town" 2012
  • Beaufort, NC - Giclee Prints
  • Beaufort and Other North Carolina Sites
    Beaufort Homes Tour
  • Warshaw Originals at Tidewater Gallery - Swansboro, NC
    New Swansboro Paintings
  • Pecan Tree Inn - Beaufort, North Carolina
    WELCOME. . .
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