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See also:PORT ROYAL , an See also:island in See also:Beaufort See also:county, See also:South Carolina, U.S.A., at the See also:head of Port Royal See also:Sound, about 16 m. from the See also:Atlantic See also:coast, and about 5o m. S.W. of See also:Charleston. It is about 13 M. See also:long (See also:north and south) by about 7 M. wide. The See also:surface is generally See also:flat, and there is much marshland in its See also:southern See also:part, and along its north-eastern See also:shore. The See also:principal See also:settlement is Beaufort, a port of entry, and the county-seat of Beaufort county, on the Beaufort See also:river (here navigable for vessels See also:drawing 18 ft.), about 11 m. from its mouth, and about 15 M. from the ocean. Pop. (1900) 4110 (3220 negroes); (1910) 2486. It is served by the Charleston & Western Carolina railway, has inland See also:water communication with See also:Savannah, See also:Georgia, and its See also:harbour, Port Royal Sound (between See also:Bay Point on the north-See also:east and See also:Hilton Head on the south-See also:west), is one of the largest and best on the coast of South Carolina. Beaufort's beautiful situation and delightful See also:climate make it a See also:winter resort. In the vicinity See also:Sea Island See also:cotton, See also:rice, potatoes and other vegetables are raised—the See also:truck See also:industry having become very important; and there are groves of yellow See also:pine and See also:cypress. Large quantities of phosphate See also:rock were formerly shipped'from here. Among the manufactures are cotton goods, canned oysters, See also:lumber and fertilizer. About 5 M. south of Beau-fort is the See also:town of Port Royal (pop. in 1910, 363), a See also:terminus of the Charleston & Western Carolina railway. On the Beau-fort River (eastern) shore of See also:Paris Island, about 6 m. north of Bay Point, is a See also:United States See also:naval station, with a dry See also:dock and repair See also:shop.
See also:Jean Ribaut (1520-1565), leading an expedition sent out by See also:Admiral Gaspard de See also:Coligny (1517–1572) tofounda Huguenot See also:colony in New See also:France, sailed into the harbour, which he named Port Royal, on the 27th of May 1562, took See also:possession of the region in the name of See also:Charles IX., and established the first settlement (Fort Charles), probably on Paris Island. In See also:June he sailed for France, leaving 26 See also:volunteers under See also:Captain See also:Albert de la Pierria. Soon afterward the See also:garrison killed Pierria (probably because of the severity of his discipline), and put to sea in an insufficiently equipped See also:vessel, from which, after much suffering,; they were rescued by an See also:English See also:ship, and taken to See also:England. In 1670, a See also:company under See also:Colonel See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Sayle (d. 1671) landed on Port Royal Island, but probably because this site exposed them to See also:Spanish attacks, proceeded along the coast and founded the See also:original Charles Town (see CHARLESTON). In 1683, several families, chiefly Scotch, led by See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Erskine, third See also:Lord Cardross (1650-1693), established on the island a settlement named' See also:Stuart's Town (probably in See also:honour of Cardross's See also:family); but three years later most of the settlers were murdered by Spaniards from See also:Florida and the See also:remainder fled to Charleston. In 1710, after the lords proprietors had issued directions for " the See also:building of a town to be called Beaufort Town," in honour of Henry See also:Somerset, See also:duke of Beaufort (1629–1700), the first permanent settlement was established on the island. The town was incorporated in 1803. In See also:January 1779 about 200 See also:British soldiers occupied the island by See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of Colonel See also:Augustine See also:Prevost, but they were dislodged (Feb. 3) by about 300
Americans, mostly militiamen, under See also:General William See also:Moultrie. At the beginning of the See also:Civil See also:War the Confederates erected Fort See also:- WALKER, FRANCIS AMASA (1840-1897)
- WALKER, FREDERICK (184o--1875)
- WALKER, GEORGE (c. 1618-169o)
- WALKER, HENRY OLIVER (1843— )
- WALKER, HORATIO (1858– )
- WALKER, JOHN (1732—1807)
- WALKER, OBADIAH (1616-1699)
- WALKER, ROBERT (d. c. 1658)
- WALKER, ROBERT JAMES (1801-1869)
- WALKER, SEARS COOK (1805—1853)
- WALKER, THOMAS (1784—1836)
- WALKER, WILLIAM (1824-1860)
Walker on Hilton Head, and Fort See also:Beauregard on Bay Point. Captain (afterwards Admiral) See also:Samuel F. Du See also:Pont and General See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
Thomas W. See also:Sherman organized an expedition against these fortifications, which were reduced by a naval See also:bombardment and were evacuated by the Confederates under General Thomas F. See also:Drayton (d. 1891) on the 7th of See also:November 1861. During the remainder of the war Port Royal Harbour was used as a coaling, repair and See also:supply station by the Federal blockading See also:squadron. See also:Early in 1862 Port Royal Island and the neighbouring region became the See also:scene of the so-called " Port Royal Experiment "—the successful effort of a See also:group of See also:northern See also:people, chiefly from See also:Boston, New See also:York and See also:Philadelphia, among whom See also:Edward S. Philbrick (d. 1889) of See also:Massachusetts was conspicuous, to take See also:charge of the cotton plantations, deserted upon the occupation of the island by See also:Union troops, and to employ the negroes under a See also:system of paid labour. The volunteers organized as the Educational See also:Commission for Freedmen (after-See also:- WARD
- WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM (1837- )
- WARD, ARTEMUS
- WARD, EDWARD MATTHEW (1816-1879)
- WARD, ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS (1844-1911)
- WARD, JAMES (1769--1859)
- WARD, JAMES (1843– )
- WARD, JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1830-1910)
- WARD, LESTER FRANK (1841– )
- WARD, MARY AUGUSTA [MRS HUMPHRY WARD]
- WARD, WILLIAM (1766-1826)
- WARD, WILLIAM GEORGE (1812-1882)
ward the New England Freedmen's Aid Society), and the See also:government granted them transportation, subsistence and quarters, and paid them small salaries.
See Edward McCrady's See also:History of South Carolina (New York, 1897–1901); and, for an See also:account of the Port Royal Experiment, Letters from Port Royal (Boston, 1906), edited by See also:Elizabeth W See also:Pearson.
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