Elias Horry
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Elias Horry | |
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| 22nd Mayor of Charleston | |
| In office 1815–1817 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Rhett Smith |
| Succeeded by | John Geddes |
| In office 1820–1821 | |
| Preceded by | Daniel Stevens |
| Succeeded by | James Hamilton Jr. |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from St. James, Santee Parish | |
| In office 1794 – 1804 | |
| Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from Charleston | |
| In office 1830 – 1833 | |
| President of the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company | |
| In office 1831-1843 | |
| Succeeded by | Railroad merged |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 21, 1773 Charleston, South Carolina |
| Died | September 17, 1834 (aged 61) Charleston, South Carolina |
| Spouse(s) |
Harriet Vanderhorst (m. 1797)Mary R. Shubrick (m. 1817) |
| Children | 7 |
| Profession | Lawyer, planter, businessman |
Elias Horry (1773 – September 17, 1834) was a lawyer, politician, businessman and plantation owner who twice served in the South Carolina General Assembly as well as the intendant (mayor) of Charleston, South Carolina, serving two terms from 1815 to 1817 and 1820 to 1821.
Horry was born in 1773 and received a private education suitable for his class. He joined Charles Cotesworth Pinckney's office as a law student.[1]
He married twice. In 1797 he married Harriet Vanderhorst, who bore three sons and two daughters before her death: Thomas Lynch Horry (1806–1871); Harriet Vanderhorst Horry Frost (1807–1890); Ann Branford Horry (1812–1824) and Elias Horry (1815–1817). The widower then married Mary R. Shubrick in 1817, who bore Alicia Mary Horry (1820–1826); Elias Horry (1822–1839); and Richard Shubrick Horry (1823–1824).
