Investigations at the Historic Mitchelville Site
Summary
All archaeological grey literature and data relating to the historic Mitcheiville site on Hilton Head Island in Beaufort County in South Carolina within the past 50 years. The information found here is held within the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology and has been deemed accessible and usable for public research.
Cite this Record
Investigations at the Historic Mitchelville Site. ( tDAR id: 390986) ; doi:10.6067/XCV83X882N
Keywords
Culture
African American
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Early Woodland
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Euroamerican
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Historic
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Middle Woodland
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Mississippian
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Woodland
Material
Building Materials
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Ceramic
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Chipped Stone
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Fauna
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Glass
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Metal
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Shell
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Wood
Site Name
Site No. 38BU2164
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Site No. 38BU2223
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Site No. 38BU2224
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Site No. 38BU79/1151
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Site No. 38BU805
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Site No. 38BU811
Site Type
Agricultural Field or Field Feature
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Agricultural or Herding
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Archaeological Feature
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Artifact Scatter
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Commercial or Industrial Structures
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Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
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Domestic Structures
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House Mound
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Isolated Artifact
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Isolated Feature
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Military Earthwork
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Military Structure
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Mill
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Mound / Earthwork
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Non-Domestic Structures
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Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
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Road
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Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features
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Settlements
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Town / City
Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview
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Architectural Survey
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Consultation
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Data Recovery / Excavation
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Environment Research
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Geophysical Survey
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Heritage Management
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Historic Background Research
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Remote Sensing
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Site Evaluation / Testing
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Systematic Survey
General
Fish Haul Plantation
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Mitchelville
Geographic Keywords
Beach City Place Tract
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Hilton Head Island (S.C.)
Temporal Keywords
American Civil War
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Antebellum Period
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Colonial Period (AD 1692-1775)
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 1861 to 1868 (Union occupation of Hilton Head Island)
Calendar Date: 1865 to 1866 (March Gardner purchased the tract from Thomas Drayton)
Calendar Date: 1912 to 1912 (Court sided with the Gardner family that the Drayton property was purchased by March Gardner in 1865)
Calendar Date: 1514 to 1520 (Spanish exploration of Hilton Head Island and named the area Sant Elena)
Calendar Date: 1526 to 1526 (Spanish efforts at establishing a town on Hilton Head failed)
Calendar Date: 1563 to 1563 (The French fail at establishing a town on Hilton Head named Port Royal)
Calendar Date: 1684 to 1684 (Lord Cardross of Scotland founds Stuart's Town on Port Royal Island)
Calendar Date: 1698 to 1698 (A land grant of 48,000 acres on Port Royal Island is given to John Bayley)
Calendar Date: 1715 to 1715 (The Yamasee war)
Calendar Date: 1717 to 1717 (A land grant is given to John Barnwell for the north western part of Port Royal Island)
Calendar Date: 1798 to 1798 (William Pope inherist both Fish Haul and Coggins plantations)
Calendar Date: 1760 to 1760 (Edward Ellis buys Fish Haul)
Calendar Date: 1862 to 1862 (Construction of the town of Mitcheville begins with U.S. government assistance during Union occupation of Fish Haul plantation)
Calendar Date: 1862 to 1880 (Mitcheville's existence as a town)
Calendar Date: 1880 to 1920 (Mitchelville's continuance as a kinship-based community)
Calendar Date: 1863 to 1864 (Construction of the Union Fort Howell at Mitchelville)
Spatial Coverage
min long: -80.854; min lat: 32.095 ; max long: -80.632; max lat: 32.287 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contributor(s): Brockington and Associates, Inc.
Prepared By(s): The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina
Notes
General Note: The town of Mitchelville was a freed slave community created by Union forces during the American Civil War. The town and kinship-based community lasted on the old Fish Haul Plantation grounds from 1862 to the 1920s.
Source Collections
The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
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