Beaufort, North Carolina

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(January 11, 1886) To this day, Beaufort natives still use the expression "cold as the night the 'Crissie Wright' came ashore." The sailors who froze to death during that shipwreck are buried here. This tragedy is said to have fueled the creation of the Cape Lookout Lifesaving Station a year later. See <a href='http://www.coastalguide.com/tales/'>coastalguide.com/tales</a> for the full story.

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(1794-1848) Hunt was a surgeon in the US Army during the War of 1812. He also has the unusual distinction of marrying, making his will, and dying all on the same day.

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(1775-1850) Of all the graves at the Burying Ground, THIS one is one of the two must-sees. His tomb is surmounted by a cannon taken from his privateer, "Snap Dragon" . Historians say he was one of North Carolina's greatest naval heroes in the War of 1812. He received Letters of Marque and Reprisal from the U.S., which had only a small navy. He sailed from Nova Scotia to South America plundering British ships. It is said he captured cargo worth more than $2 Million on one trip alone.

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He had a $50,000 price set on his head by the British. After the war Burns turned to shipbuilding and later served in the North Carolina legislature.

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In his later years, and of declining fortune, North Carolina made him a light-ship keeper near Portsmouth Island (below current <a href="http://www.ocracoke-nc.com/">Ocracoke Island</a>). He died there but was ferried to Beaufort for burial.

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