• Index to Families and Genealogies

Rhett of Charleston and Beaufort District

James Smith Rhett was born 6 June 1797 in Charleston, South Carolina and died 9 April 1855 in Beaufort. He was married on 20 Jan 1818 to Charlotte Haskett, born 2 June 1797, died 10 May 1871. Issue:

• Haskell Smith Rhett, born 13 Nov 1818 in Charleston, died 29 June 1868.
• Thomas Grimpe Rhett, born 2 Aug 1821 in Charleston, died 28 Jul 1878.
• Charles Hart Rhett, born 29 Oct 1822 in Charleston, South Carolina, died 1895. In 1880, he was a resident of Baltimore, Maryland, cotton broker.
• James Moore Rhett, born 12 Sep 1823 in Charleston, South Carolina, died in Beaufort. The family were residents of Charleston in 1880. Wife, E. M., born 1820 in South Carolina.
• William Rhett, born 15 Sep 1824 in Charleston, died 19 Nov 1872.
• Benjamin Rhett, born 23 Mar 1826 in Charleston, died 9 June 1884 in Summerville, Charleston, South Carolina. He was a doctor of medicine. Wife, Julia, was born 1827 in South Carolina. Issue:
  
  

  1. Julia R. Rhett born 1854 in Charleston.
  2. William Rhett, born 1856 in Charleston.
  3. Marianna Rhett, born 1865 in Charleston.
  4. Emma C. Rhett, born 1871 in Charleston.

• Charlotte Rhett, born 6 Nov 1827 in Charleston, died 21 May 1828 in Charleston.
• Mariana Rhett, born 26 Feb 1829 in Charleston, died 29 Dec 1898.
• Roland Smith Rhett, born 2 Dec 1830 in Charleston, died 6 Jul 1898. He was married 10 Apr 1855 to Julia Lowndes Brisbane. Issue:
  

  1. Julia Lowndes Rhett, born 20 Mar 1856.
  2. Roland Smith Rhett, born 28 Apr 1858.
  3. Abbott Brisbane Rhett, born 11 Jan 1860.
  4. Thomas Grimke Rhett, born 14 Jan 1862.
  5. William Brisbane Rhett, born 16 Dec 1863.
  6. Mariana Parker Rhett, born 18 Mar 1866.
  7. Henry Parker Rhett, born 18 Mar 1866.
  8. Charlotte Haskell Rhett, born 31 May 1869.
  9. James Smith Rhett, born 8 Apr 1872.

• Alfred Rhett, born 6 Feb 1833 in Charleston, died 11 Aug 1895; chief of police; resident of Charleston in 1880. Wife, Alice, was born 1847 in Venice. The family was of substantial means, having a cook and two nurses along with their families in the household. Issue:
  
  

  1. Marie A. Rhett, born 1868 in Charleston.
  2. N. B. Rhett (daughter), born 1869 in Charleston.
  3. E. W. Rhett (daughter), born 1871 in Charleston.
  4. A. Nuddleton Rhett (daughter), born 1874 in Charleston.
  5. Anna Rhett, born 1876 in Charleston.
  6. Edmond Rhett, born 1878 in Charleston.

• Julia Emma Rhett, born 27 Jan 1835 in Charleston.
• Arthur Rhett, born 29 Oct 1837 in Charleston, died 7 May 1838 in Charleston.

James Moore Rhett built his home in Beaufort ca 1886. The home is now the Beaufort Inn.

Ref: History of Beaufort South Carolina by Lawrence Sanders Rowland; 1880 Census of Charleston, South Carolina.