That residents of Kingston County successfully petitioned the state in 1801 to change the areas name to Horry District, in honor of Brigadier General Peter Horry?
Horry District became Horry County in 1868. Peter Horry owned three plantations near Winyah Bay. He served as a lieutenant colonel during the Revolutionary War and, later, as a brigadier general in the South Carolina Militia. He also represented Prince George Winyah and All Saints Parishes in the South Carolina House and Senate. Horry was born in South Carolina about 1747 and died February 28, 1815, in Columbia at the age of 68. He is buried in the Trinity Episcopal churchyard in Columbia.
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