Daniel Horry (1747 – 1785) was a South Carolina politician and Revolutionary War military officer. Horry was the commander of the South Carolina Light Dragoons, a unit of the South Carolina State Troops that was established in February 1779 to fight the British in the American Revolution. He served as a justice of peace, member of the South Carolina General Assembly and a local commissioner.

Early life

Daniel was born in the Province of South Carolina about 1747. His father, Daniel Huger Horry (1705-1763), was a prominent French Huguenot plantation owner who lived on the

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in South Carolina. Daniel and his wife, Harriott Lucas Pinckney (1748-1830), whom he married in 1768, lived at

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, located north of present-day

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. Harriott Lucas Pinckney was the daughter of South Carolina Chief Justice Charles Pinckney and his wife Eliza Lucas. Daniel and Harriott had two children, Daniel and Harriott.

Political career

Horry served as a member of the

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, justice of the peace, and a local commissioner.

Revolutionary War

After the South Carolina Light Dragoons, a unit of the State Troops, was established in February 1779, he served as its first and only colonel. He took over from Major Hezekiah Maham, who was assigned another command. His unit was involved in the following known engagements: * May 11, 1779, Charleston Neck * Jun. 20, 1779,

Battle of Stono Ferry The Battle of Stono Ferry was an American Revolutionary War battle, fought on June 20, 1779, near Charleston, South Carolina. The rear guard from a British expedition retreating from an aborted attempt to take Charleston held off an assault by po ...

* Sep. 16 - Oct. 18, 1779,

Siege of Savannah The siege of Savannah or the second battle of Savannah was an encounter of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783) in 1779. The year before, the city of Savannah, Georgia, had been captured by a British expeditionary corps under Lieutena ...

in Georgia * Feb. 22, 1780, reconnaissance of the British lines near Stono Ferry * Mar. 6–7, 1780, Ferguson's Plantation * Mar. 27, 1780, Rantowles Bridge * Apr. 14, 1780,

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When the British army defeated American forces and occupied Charleston in 1780, Daniel took British protection to avoid seizure of his extensive properties. In the summer of 1781, he took his young son, Daniel, to London, England to be educated.

Post-war

When Charleston returned to patriot control in 1782, Daniel's estate was amerced twelve percent of its total value when Daniel returned to South Carolina. He died there in 1785.

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