Grier’s/Cox’s Ferry

In the 1700s and 1800s, a ferry located here was a key crossing point on the Waccamaw River. On Sept. 4, 1780, Lt. Col. Peter Horry, Horry County’s namesake, and a division of “Marion’s Men” crossed the Waccamaw River here at Grier’s Ferry. A receipt states Horry received of James Grier a sheep, five pints of rum, breakfast for nine officers, and ferriage for fifty-eight horses and fifty men for the use of the division of Marion’s Regt. under Horry’s command.

Sometime after the American Revolutionary War and before 1802, this ferry became known as Cox’s Ferry. A Nov. 17, 1828 petition to the S.C. Legislature from Herman Cox requested “a renewal of the charter of Cox’s Ferry on Waccamaw River.” On May 22, 1851, Herman Cox’s widow, Frances P. Cox, “at present the occupant of the plantation and ferry,” requested rights to the same. Around 1918, as steamboat traffic ended, bridges were then constructed and Cox’s Ferry was closed.

Sponsored by
Horry County
Historic Preservation Commission
HCHS Marker ID – 2022 – NO. 001

Location: Cox Ferry Circle,
near intersection with W. Cox Ferry Road.
This is private property – No Trespassing.
Visible from public road only.
(DD 33.79404 & -79.04930)