Beaufort County (S.C.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Winfred Kent Alston collection
Collection
Identifier: 30028
Abstract
Winfred Kent Alston served as principal of Robert Smalls High School in Beaufort, South Carolina, from 1937 to 1962. Through his work with the school and community he founded the first African American Boy Scout Troop and high school band in Beaufort County. His Collection contains programs from his activities at South Carolina State and in Beaufort, articles, photographs, and a 1962 copy of the Robert Smalls High School newspaper,
Dates:
approximately 1930-1987
Farr family papers
Collection
Identifier: AMN 1066
Abstract
Joseph M. Farr, his wife Mary Behn Farr and their four children were a white, slave and land owning family in Beaufort County. Two of their slaves were Elizabeth and Robert [Bob] Farr. The latter, as a freed man, served as a private in Company H of the 104th U.S. Colored Troops. William W. Farr, the oldest son of Joseph and Mary Farr, was a Civil War veteran and later a banker in Beaufort, who had a long standing relationship with Maria Green, an African American female farmer. Together,...
Dates:
1828-1990