Beaufort, North Carolina

(1800's) The inscription tells the then too-common tale of a young mother dying following childbirth. Her baby soon followed her to the grave.

Full_View

(1700's) In the 1700's an English family came to settle in Beaufort. As the daughter grew, she begged to see her homeland in England. Finally, her father agreed to take her with him on a trip to London. Her mother did not like the idea but was finally persuaded by the little girl. The father promised to return his daughter home to Beaufort without fail. After visiting London, the girl fell sick and died on the return voyage. It was the custom to bury at sea, but her father had made a promise. He purchased a barrel of rum from the captain and sealed her body in it in order to bring her home for burial.

Full_View

Visitors come and spontaneously leave toys and decorations on this grave. THIS one is one of the two must-see graves in Beaufort, the other being that of Captain Otway Burns.

Full_View

beaufort-nc-burying-ground-0500.jpg

Full_View

(1810-1856) An unusually carved stone was sent from Denmark by a devoted sister to mark the grave of Captain Wulff of the Royal Danish Navy. Wulff had died of yellow fever while in Beaufort and the local ladies who tended him while sick had corresponded with his sister.

Full_View

Sadly, his sister died while on a voyage from Copenhagen to visit her brother's grave. Her ship burned at sea.

Full_View

(1821-1886) This grave tells a star-crossed love story. Nancy fell in love with her tutor, Charles French, but her father opposed the romance. French left to make his fortune but promised to return for Nancy. He went to the Arizona territory and eventually became a chief justice. He wrote Nancy, but the postmaster --a friend of Nancy's father-- intercepted the letters. Years later, the postmaster finally told Nancy what he'd done. Now an old man, Charles French returned to Beaufort but found Nancy dying of "consumption." He married her. Nancy died a few weeks later.

Full_View

beaufort-nc-burying-ground-0560.jpg

Full_View

beaufort-nc-burying-ground-0570.jpg

Full_View