Hilton Head

The island unfashionable a rich autobiography that started with seasonal occupation Hilton Head by native Americans thousands of years ago, and continued with European authentication and the Plethora Island Cotton trade. It became an important base of operations for the Union blockade of the Southern ports during the Civil War. Once the island fell to Union troops, hundreds of ex-slaves flocked to Hilton Head, which is still at rest to innumerable 'native islanders', manifold of whom are descendants of freed slaves confessed as the Gullah (or Geechee) who have managed to hold onto much of their ethnic and cultural identity.

In 1698, Hilton Head Island was granted as division of a barony to John Bayley of Ballingclough, County of Tipperary, Kingdom of Ireland. Another John Bayley, prodigal of the first, appointed Alexander Trench as the Island's first retail agent. For a time, Hilton Head was certified as Trench's Island. In 1729, Trench sold some land to John Gascoine which Gascoine named "John's Island" after himself. The land later came to be known as Jenkin's Island after another owner.