1787 – Sep 19, Hurricane, damage to shipping/property, Beaufort to Georgetown, SC– 23

–23 Dunn and Miller. Atlantic Hurricanes (Revised Edition). 1964, p. 311.
–23 Fraser. Lowcountry Hurricanes: Three Centuries of Storms at Sea and Ashore. 2006, p. 30.
–23 Jordan, Dukes, Jr., Rosengarten. A History of Storms on the South Carolina Coast. p. 20.

Narrative Information

Dunn and Miller: “1787 Sept. 19 S.C Major [intensity]…23 drowned, great damage.”

Fraser abstract in Wikipedia: “A storm moved just off shore the Georgia and South Carolina coastline to lead to a storm surge that caused 23 people to perish, as well as flooding and crop damage between Savannah and Georgetown.”

Jordan: “1787 Sept. 19 (2) ….Substantial damage done shipping, property, crops, all along coast from Beaufort to Georgetown; 23 lives lost.”

Sources

Dunn, Gordon E. and Banner I. Miller. Atlantic Hurricanes (Revised Edition). Baton Rouge LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1964, 377 pages.

Fraser, Walter J. Jr. Lowcountry Hurricanes: Three Centuries of Storms at Sea and Ashore. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 2006. Cited as source in Wikipedia, “List of Atlantic hurricanes in the 18th century.” 7-17-2022 edit. Accessed 8-15-2022 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Atlantic_hurricanes_in_the_18th_century#cite_note-low-81

Jordan, Laylon Wayne, with Robert Dukes, Jr., and Ted Rosengarten. A History of Storms on the South Carolina Coast. Charleston, SC: The South Carolina Sea Grant Consortium, undated. Accessed 8-15-2022 at: https://www.scseagrant.org/wp-content/uploads/South-Carolina-Hurricane-History-1980.pdf