Beaufort County, founded in the year 1769, is located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. It covers nearly 923 sq mi of area. Beaufort is the county seat and Hilton Head Island is the largest city. More than 0.12 million people, 45K households and 33K of family units reside in this region.

The cultural diversity of the county is Hispanic or Latino of any race, African American, White, Native American, Pacific Islander and Asian along with numerous other races.

Vast catalog of widespread records eventually is available here in this Beaufort County Index portal which is most exclusive to the records seekers and genealogical researchers. A plethora of information can be achieved from this site concerning birth, marriage and divorce license information, death and obituary news, martial activities and military liability, land deeds, probates including last will and estate deeds, civil court public documents, census and much more with a few clicks on the mouse.