“Edward Philbrick, A Union officer, made this observation in 1862: [I] rode on to Cuthbert’s Point to sleep with Joe Reed and Mr. Hull.  I found them delightfully situated in a small house on the Beaufort River surrounded by a Superb grove of live Oak, clear of brush and nicely kept.  It is the finest situation that I have found in the State, but the greater part of the plantations on Lady’s Island are miserably poor.”

Northern Money, Southern Land, p. 57