Horry Record Survival & Loss Narrative
What burned-courthouse folklore gets wrong—and where records actually survive for Horry County.
Record survival: Horry’s challenge is isolation and late densification of local government/press—not a single catastrophic fire story. Inland farm generations and coastal tourism generations use different stacks.
- Pre-1801 / deep colonial → Georgetown District paths.
- What survives: post-formation land/probate; Conway press; sparse early local weeklies—use regional titles.
- Substitutes: Georgetown, Marion, Columbus Co. NC for border families; churches; federal census.