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Bluffton & Okatie

Edited by Avery Parker for South Carolina Genealogy · Beaufort County topic · Last reviewed July 11, 2026 · How we work & cite

Southern Beaufort communities under modern growth—dig for older church and land layers.

Bluffton and Okatie require peeling tourism-era deeds back to older church, plantation-name, and African American land trails. Cross-check Jasper corridor sources for some families.