Beaufort, North Carolina

Father, mother, & 3 children in a combined vault style.

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(1800's) Captain Sabiston died near Charleston, SC and his body was brought home to Beaufort by his crew. The ship arrived at the wharfs at the end of Turner St at night, so he was buried in a waiting grave by torchlight. Embalming was unknown in Beaufort at the time so it was necessary to perform burials quickly.

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(1817-1879) Like many of the others resting here, Captain Hill was a man of the sea. His seaside graveyard epitaph: "The form that fills this silent grave Once tossed on ocean's rolling wave, But in a port securely fast, He's dropped his anchor here at last."

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(1838-1862) Willis was a Beaufort man killed when Fort Macon was taken by Federal forces during the Civil War. Captured Beafort area garrison soldiers were brought home on a barge and released on parole. General Burnside himself stood at the Beaufort wharf to witness the reunion of Beaufort families happy to see their soldiers alive. Willis' body was brought home at the same time. When the pine box was delivered to his grieving family, it is said that General Burnside cried, too.

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(1830-1963) Gooding was the captain of the Civil War blockade runner "Nashville" which ran the Union blockade of Beaufort Inlet and harbor.

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(1800's) Sergeant Johnson was a member of the 35th United States Colored Infantry (U.S.C.I), one of almost 200,000 African Americans who fought for the Union during the Civil War. By the end of the war, almost one-quarter of the Union Army was made up of black soldiers.

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