According to Jack Dudley, in Swansboro - A Pictorial Tribute, Will Privett, was a lifesaver at Bogue Inlet Lifesaving Station/Coast Guard Station. In January of 1915, the U.S. Lifesaving Service merged with the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service to form the Coast Guard. Privett photo, in an early Coast Guard uniform, courtesy Jack Dudley.
NATIONAL REGISTER of Historic Places: 116 Elm Street - Three-bay, I-house with two-room plan, with one-story front porch and ell.William R. "Will" Privett (1878-) married Nancy L. in 1905. The 1910 census noted Privett as a surfman at the Life Saving Station at Bogue Inlet, near Swansboro. At this time, he and Nancy had two daughters, Mary L. 2 and four-month old Jannita.
By 1920 Will Privett was noted as working with the Coast Guard Station; by that time the couple had three more children, Mattie, James and David.
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