November 9, 2021
City of Beaufort
City Council Regular Meeting
Attached is a copy of the City Council proclamation presented tonight to our society. President Phil Cromer accepted for us and spoke in appreciation.
Members present:
Joe Riddle
Tom Wilson
John Simpson
Mike Monahan
Jody Henson
Ray Stocks
Peter Sommerville
Tommy Logan
Wilson McElveen
Jim Atkins
Phil Cromer
Members present:
Joe Riddle
Tom Wilson
John Simpson
Mike Monahan
Jody Henson
Ray Stocks
Peter Sommerville
Tommy Logan
Wilson McElveen
Jim Atkins
Phil Cromer
| beaufort_city_proclamation_on_stuart_towne_9_nov_2021.pdf |
NEED YOUR HELP!
This Scottish Heritage Society - St. Andrews Society of Low
Country South Carolina is interested in finding out what happened to the
Bronze Plaque on Stuart Town on the side of the bank in Beaufort, SC on 700 Bay Street (32.4306165, -80.6705542) before it was turned into Condominium/Townhomes @ 5-7 years ago.
We are interested to see if we can become the “care taker”of the plaque
about the Scottish history in Beaufort.
Do you know anything about this plaque or someone who might know?
Do you have a picture of it?
Please let us know through our contact page on this WEB Site.
Thank you.
SASLSC
April 2020
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Update 9-30-20
Note: As we understand per Phil Cromer (SASLSC Member & City of Beaufort - Councilman) listed below are the words that were inscribed on the plaque.
"First Fort"
"On or near this site in the settlement known as Stuart Town stood the 'Tight Watch House' erected in 1683-4. After the destruction of the town by the Spanish in 1686, it was replaced by a fort, approximately 100 feet square, defended by '9 Great Guns' known as the Beaufort Fort after 1710. It was the main defense of the area until Fort Frederick was erected in 1735."
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Update Oct 21, 2020 per Phil Cromer
Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross and Catherine Stewart Erskine, Lady Cardross (Stuart Town was named after her family name - Stewart)
The Stuart Town Seal - “SIG NOBILISSIMI DO DOMINI CARDROSS” = “I give the noble sign of Cardross”
The above two pictures are referenced from:
A map called the “Historic Beaufort Gem of the South Carolina Sea Islands” by Marie Fenner in 1969 and printed in 1988 by G. B. McCutcheon.
A map called the “Historic Beaufort Gem of the South Carolina Sea Islands” by Marie Fenner in 1969 and printed in 1988 by G. B. McCutcheon.
According to the “The Original Scots Colonists of Early America. Supplement”, Henry Erskine, 3rd Lord Cardross was imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle 1675-1679, emigrated from Gourock Bay near Greenock Scotland on the Carolina Merchant and arrived in Charleston on the Ashley River in South Carolina on 2 Oct 1684 with 148 Scots, settled in Stuartstown, Port Royal (2 Nov 1684) and returned to Scotland before Apr 1690.