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Daniel Horry

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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. When Charleston returned to patriot control in 1782,
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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.
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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:
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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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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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and his wife Eliza Lucas. Daniel and Harriott had two children, Daniel and Harriott. Horry served as a member of the
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in South Carolina. Daniel and his wife, Harriott Lucas Pinckney (1748-1830), whom he married in 1769, lived at
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Feb. 22, 1780, reconnaissance of the British lines near Stono Ferry
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List of South Carolina militia units in the American Revolution
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Members of the South Carolina House of Representatives
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People of South Carolina in the American Revolution
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Index

South Carolina General Assembly
Charleston

Jeremiah Theus
Santee River
Hampton Plantation
McClellanville, South Carolina
Charles Pinckney
South Carolina General Assembly

Hampton Plantation
Battle of Stono Ferry
Siege of Savannah
Battle of Monck's Corner
List of South Carolina militia units in the American Revolution
Peter Horry
"South Carolina in the American Revolution - Members of the 1st General Assembly (1776)"
"South Carolina in the American Revolution - Members of the 3rd General Assembly (1779-1780)"



"Daniel Horry"


"The American Revolution in South Carolina, South Carolina Light Dragoons"
"A Somewhat Short History of the Third Continental Light Dragoons"
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People of South Carolina in the American Revolution
1785 deaths
Huguenot participants in the American Revolution

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