but as he was without a command, Gates assigned him to duty with the militia of South Carolina. After the appointment of Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Marion, another officer of the South Carolina Line without a command—his regiment having been captured at the Fall of Charleston while he was on furlough—to be brigadier general of the lower brigade of the militia of South Carolina by Governor Rutledge, Horry became colonel of one of the militia regiments under Marion. Horry County, South Carolina, is named for him. Civilian service Peter Horry represented Prince George Winyah Parish in the state House of Representatives in 1782 and from 1792 to 1794, and in the state Senate from 1785 to 1787. Namesakes Though he never lived there, Horry County, South Carolina—which was founded in 1801 after it split off from Georgetown County, South Carolina—was named in his honor. The Horry-Guignard House, where he lived, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971. References 1743 births 1815 deaths American slave owners Continental Army officers from South Carolina South Carolina colonial people South Carolina militiamen in the American Revolution Huguenot participants in the American Revolution Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives South Carolina state senators