Overview

• A group of tourists exploring a beachfront property in Jeremy Cay on Edisto Island uncovered a skull and scattered bones they initially mistook for fossils.
• Officials from the Colleton County Sheriff’s Office and the Edisto Beach Police Department secured the site and recovered the remains.
• Colleton County coroner Rich Harvey said the bones could date to the Revolutionary or Civil War era, highlighting the investigation’s historical significance.
• The remains were transferred to the Medical University of South Carolina for detailed forensic analysis to determine their age and identity.
• The find corresponds to the abandoned 19th-century Edingsville Beach settlement and follows similar bone discoveries on Edisto Island in 2015.