General Peter Horry

A Planter of French Huguenot descent, Peter Horry was born in South Carolina around 1747. A lieutenant colonel in the Revolutionary War and later a brigadier general in the S.C. Militia, he represented Prince George, Winyah, and All Saints parishes in the S.C. House and Senate. In 1801, Kingston County was renamed Horry District in honor of Peter Horry. He died in 1815 and is buried at Trinity Episcopal Church in Columbia, S.C.

Video – General Peter Horry, by South Carolina Hall of Fame

Video – So Fine A Beach: Peter Horry’s Summer of 1812, by Dr. Roy Talbert, Jr.

Further information on Peter Horry can be found in the Journal of General Peter Horry, edited by A. S. Salley (courtesy The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine, Vol. 37, No. 2, April, 1937)