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'''Elias Horry''' was the twenty-second intendant (mayor) of [[Charleston, South Carolina]], serving two terms from 1815 to 1817.
'''Elias Horry''' was the twenty-second intendant (mayor) of [[Charleston, South Carolina]], serving two terms from 1815 to 1817.


Horry was elected warden (city council member) in September 1813 before becoming the interim intendant (mayor) on March 30, 1815, after Thomas Rhett Smith resigned.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Q6ET56LUMTM5MDY2ODc1MS44NjUwNDg6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=6&p_docnum=3&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108E898B758946C8@2384065-108E898BD6EBEB80@2-108E898D19AB2AC0@%5BElias%20Horry%2C%20Esq%3B%20Thursday%3B%20Intendant%3B%20T.%20R.%20Smith%20%5D | title=Elias Horry, Esq. . . . | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=April 1, 1815 | accessdate=January 25, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=3}}</ref> On September 18, 1815, he was elected to a full term and then re-elected September 16, 1816,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Q6ET56LUMTM5MDY2ODc1MS44NjUwNDg6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=6&p_docnum=8&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108EC9DAE0A9E488@2384600-108EC9DB306F5A60@1-108EC9DD4DC4BC08@%5BElias%20Horry%2C%20Esq.%3B%20Intendant%3B%20City%5D | title=Elias Horry, Esq. . . . | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=September 17, 1816 | accessdate=January 25, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=2}}</ref> defeating Daniel Stevens.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Q6ET56LUMTM5MDY2ODc1MS44NjUwNDg6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=6&p_docnum=7&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108EC9D73B7DD3F0@2384599-108EC9D788364798@1-108EC9D9D025AEA8@%5BIntendant%3B%20A.%20M.%3B%20Places%3B%20Court-House%3B%20Centre%20Market%3B%20Candidates%3B%20Elias%20Horry%2C%20Esq.%3B%20Colonel%20Daniel%20Stevens%5D | title=An election for Intendant . . . | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=September 16, 1816 | accessdate=January 25, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=2}}</ref> After four terms by two other mayors, he returned to the position after having been elected on September 4, 1820 for one more term.<ref name="Preservation Society">{{cite web | url=http://www.halseymap.com/flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=19 | title=Elias Horry | publisher=Preservation Society of Charleston | accessdate=January 25, 2014}}</ref>
Horry was elected warden (city council member) in September 1813 before becoming the interim intendant (mayor) on March 30, 1815, after Thomas Rhett Smith resigned.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Q6ET56LUMTM5MDY2ODc1MS44NjUwNDg6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=6&p_docnum=3&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108E898B758946C8@2384065-108E898BD6EBEB80@2-108E898D19AB2AC0@%5BElias%20Horry%2C%20Esq%3B%20Thursday%3B%20Intendant%3B%20T.%20R.%20Smith%20%5D | title=Elias Horry, Esq. . . . | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=April 1, 1815 | accessdate=January 25, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=3}}</ref> On September 18, 1815, he was elected to a full term and then re-elected September 16, 1816,<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Q6ET56LUMTM5MDY2ODc1MS44NjUwNDg6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=6&p_docnum=8&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108EC9DAE0A9E488@2384600-108EC9DB306F5A60@1-108EC9DD4DC4BC08@%5BElias%20Horry%2C%20Esq.%3B%20Intendant%3B%20City%5D | title=Elias Horry, Esq. . . . | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=September 17, 1816 | accessdate=January 25, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=2}}</ref> defeating Daniel Stevens.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Q6ET56LUMTM5MDY2ODc1MS44NjUwNDg6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=6&p_docnum=7&p_docref=v2:1089C6C0AF0CEFE8@EANX-108EC9D73B7DD3F0@2384599-108EC9D788364798@1-108EC9D9D025AEA8@%5BIntendant%3B%20A.%20M.%3B%20Places%3B%20Court-House%3B%20Centre%20Market%3B%20Candidates%3B%20Elias%20Horry%2C%20Esq.%3B%20Colonel%20Daniel%20Stevens%5D | title=An election for Intendant . . . | work=City Gazette and Daily Advertiser | date=September 16, 1816 | accessdate=January 25, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=2}}</ref> After four terms by two other mayors, he returned to the position after having been elected on September 4, 1820 for one more term.<ref name="Preservation Society">{{cite web|url=http://www.halseymap.com/flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=19 |title=Elias Horry |publisher=Preservation Society of Charleston |accessdate=January 25, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202180239/http://www.halseymap.com/flash/mayors-detail.asp?polID=19 |archivedate=February 2, 2014 |df= }}</ref>


Horry was born in 1773, educated locally, and joined [[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]]'s office as a law student.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Q6ET56LUMTM5MDY2ODc1MS44NjUwNDg6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=6&p_docnum=25&p_docref=v2:10FF2B6D82402430@EANX-1106D76C213E8750@2391204-1106D76C6E1F9A18@1-1106D76DCD020078@%5BQuarterly%3B%20Charleston%3B%20Library%20Society%3B%20Preamble%3B%20Resolutions%3B%20Benjamin%20Elliott%2C%20Esq%3B%20Providence%3B%20Elias%20Horry%2C%20Esq%5D | title=At a quarterly meeting . . . | work=The Southern Patriot | date=October 17, 1834 | accessdate=January 25, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=2}}</ref> In 1793, he was admitted to the South Carolina bar. Horry represented St. James, Santee, in South Carolina General Assembly from 1794 to 1804. Many years later, he served as a representative of the Charleston area from 1830 to 1833. He died on September 17, 1834. He is buried at the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul in Charleston, South Carolina.<ref name="Preservation Society" /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=horry&GSfn=elias&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=33590188&df=all& | title=Elias Horry (1773-1834) | publisher=Find a Grave | accessdate=January 25, 2014}}</ref>
Horry was born in 1773, educated locally, and joined [[Charles Cotesworth Pinckney]]'s office as a law student.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/HistArchive/?p_product=EANX&p_theme=ahnp&p_nbid=Q6ET56LUMTM5MDY2ODc1MS44NjUwNDg6MToxNDoxOTIuMTUyLjI0OS4yOQ&p_action=doc&f_content=body&p_queryname=6&p_docnum=25&p_docref=v2:10FF2B6D82402430@EANX-1106D76C213E8750@2391204-1106D76C6E1F9A18@1-1106D76DCD020078@%5BQuarterly%3B%20Charleston%3B%20Library%20Society%3B%20Preamble%3B%20Resolutions%3B%20Benjamin%20Elliott%2C%20Esq%3B%20Providence%3B%20Elias%20Horry%2C%20Esq%5D | title=At a quarterly meeting . . . | work=The Southern Patriot | date=October 17, 1834 | accessdate=January 25, 2014 | location=Charleston, South Carolina | pages=2}}</ref> In 1793, he was admitted to the South Carolina bar. Horry represented St. James, Santee, in South Carolina General Assembly from 1794 to 1804. Many years later, he served as a representative of the Charleston area from 1830 to 1833. He died on September 17, 1834. He is buried at the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul in Charleston, South Carolina.<ref name="Preservation Society" /><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=horry&GSfn=elias&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=33590188&df=all& | title=Elias Horry (1773-1834) | publisher=Find a Grave | accessdate=January 25, 2014}}</ref>

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Elias Horry
22nd Mayor of Charleston
In office
1815–1817
Preceded byThomas Rhett Smith
Succeeded byJohn Geddes
In office
1820–1821
Preceded byDaniel Stevens
Succeeded byJames Hamilton, Jr.
Personal details
BornJune 21, 1773
Charleston, South Carolina
DiedSeptember 17, 1834
Charleston, South Carolina
Spouse(s)Harriet Vanderhorst (m. 1797); Mary R. Shubrick (m. 1817)
ChildrenThomas Lynch Horry (1806–1871); Harriet Vanderhorst Horry Frost (1807–1890); Ann Branford Horry (1812–1824); Elias Horry (1815–1817); Alicia Mary Horry (1820–1826); Elias Horry (1822–1839); Richard Shubrick Horry (1823–1824)
ProfessionLawyer
Elias Horry inherited the Branford-Horry House at 59 Meeting St., Charleston, South Carolina from his father, Thomas Horry, and added the front portico.

Elias Horry was the twenty-second intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving two terms from 1815 to 1817.

Horry was elected warden (city council member) in September 1813 before becoming the interim intendant (mayor) on March 30, 1815, after Thomas Rhett Smith resigned.[1] On September 18, 1815, he was elected to a full term and then re-elected September 16, 1816,[2] defeating Daniel Stevens.[3] After four terms by two other mayors, he returned to the position after having been elected on September 4, 1820 for one more term.[4]

Horry was born in 1773, educated locally, and joined Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's office as a law student.[5] In 1793, he was admitted to the South Carolina bar. Horry represented St. James, Santee, in South Carolina General Assembly from 1794 to 1804. Many years later, he served as a representative of the Charleston area from 1830 to 1833. He died on September 17, 1834. He is buried at the Cathedral of St. Luke and St. Paul in Charleston, South Carolina.[4][6]

Horry owned several plantations including the following: The Bluff, Wattahan, Milldam, Jutland, Camp Main, Camp Island, Newland, Midland and Millbrook plantations (Santee River) in Georgetown District and St. James, Santee, Parish.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Elias Horry, Esq. . . ". City Gazette and Daily Advertiser. Charleston, South Carolina. April 1, 1815. p. 3. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  2. ^ "Elias Horry, Esq. . . ". City Gazette and Daily Advertiser. Charleston, South Carolina. September 17, 1816. p. 2. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  3. ^ "An election for Intendant . . ". City Gazette and Daily Advertiser. Charleston, South Carolina. September 16, 1816. p. 2. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "Elias Horry". Preservation Society of Charleston. Archived from the original on February 2, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "At a quarterly meeting . . ". The Southern Patriot. Charleston, South Carolina. October 17, 1834. p. 2. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
  6. ^ "Elias Horry (1773-1834)". Find a Grave. Retrieved January 25, 2014.
Preceded by Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina
1815–1817 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Mayor of Charleston, South Carolina
1820–1821 		Succeeded by
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