Elias Horry
Kingdom of France
1736 - To the memory of Elias Horry, the venerable ancestor of the Horrys of South Carolina. He was born in France in the 1664 and was the son of an Elder of a church in Paris, who died a martyr for the Protestant faith, when the Edict of Nantes was revoked by Louis XIV in 1685. Escaping the persecution, he fled to Holland thence to England, and came to SC about the year 1690, and settled near the Santee in the parish of Prince George-Winyaw, where he resided forty-six years. He died in Charleston on the 25th of Sep. 1736, aged 72 years and was buried in the cemetery of the French Church. The South Caroline Gazette which records his death states that he was one of the oldest settlers in the Province and who by his merits and services to the country, had left behind him a very good character. Elias the son of Thomas and grandson of Col. Elias Horry erects this monument to the memory of his great grandfather. 1825.
Lineage
- Son: Daniel Horry
- Son: John Horry