Hauntings abound in Beaufort District and one hears of them through many means, including oral history interviews about living along Ribaut Road. Posted: 28 September 2018
Obituary Files in the Beaufort District Collection
The Research Room maintains an online obituary index on the Beaufort County Library website. The index is updated by volunteers on a regular basis. Posted: 13 April 2017
Ghost Stories of Beaufort County, SC – Part 6: The Land’s End Light
Beaufort County has its own rich store of folklore, including ghost tales. The most famous of these is the Land's End Light. Posted: 31 October 2016
Ghost Stories of Beaufort County, SC- Part 5: Hags
Some African-Americans of the Sea Islands still believe in multiple souls: the "soul" leaves the body and returns to God at death, but the "spirit" stays on earth -- still involved in the daily affairs of its living descendants. The spirit of a dead (or dying) older woman may become a "hag", though in a great many of the stories, a hag is not a ghost or a dead spirit, but a living member of the community. Posted: 30 October 2016
Ghost Stories of Beaufort County, SC – Part 4: Library Gremlins
Beaufort County has its own rich store of folklore, including ghost tales, a few even here in our own Beaufort Branch of the Beaufort County Library, though ours are more like gremlins, than ghosts. Posted: 29 October 2016
Ghost Stories of Beaufort County, SC – Part 3
Beaufort County has its own rich store of folklore, including ghost tales. Local historian Gerhard Spieler (1920-2012) wrote a newspaper column in the Beaufort Gazette from the 1970s up to the early 2000s. In one article he identified several ghosts said to haunt places in Beaufort County. Posted: 28 October 2016
Ghost Stories of Beaufort County, SC- Part 2: “The Roast Ghost”
Sometimes ghost stories can be humorous. Posted: 27 October 2016
Ghost Stories of Beaufort County, SC – Part 1: Gauche, the Huguenot Ghost
The ghost at "The Castle" is said to be a dwarf or little person left behind by Jean Ribaut in the mid-16th century. Posted: 26 October 2016
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