aemrick

Great question. Horry District (pronounced O' ree) was established in 1801, later to become Horry County in 1868. However, this section of current Horry County was a part of Craven County, North Carolina, which many of you may be able to help me with. I do not know if the early records of Little River Court documents, etc. might be with y'all up there. As for the cemeteries. That is my other big project right now and I am attempting to inventory every historic cemetery in the County, numbering over 300. Unfortunately, there are few stones from the 1700s existing. Most of those who were here then used wooden markers and of those that still survive, nothing is legible. Regarding the earlier posting about the 1706 Act which established the Town in Little River... Is there a citation or a site that you can refer me to on this? This is the first mention of anything like this and I know that the residents of Little River would love to hear more about this if more exists. Thank you all again so much for your assistance. The information you've provided is already vastly more than I had when I started. Adam

The earliest deed I've seen referencing "Little River" is 1716. Thus far, the earliest non-deed reference I can find for the area using the name Little River is 1734. In that same reference, A New Voyage to Georgia by a Young Gentleman, 1st edition published in 1735. In that account the author references several times stopping at "Ash's, Little River". A 1740 account of Rev. George Whitfield also references both Ash's and Little River. Below is the most popular account of Pirate activity. Pirates - Little River is said to have been visited by the likes of William Kidd "Captain Kidd", Edward Teach "Blackbeard", Stede Bonnet and Anne Bonney. Sections of the coast that are laced with islands and inlets were often hideouts of pirates and others who sought concealment and secrecy. There have long been rumors among the locals of buried pirate treasure in the area Indian settlers of this area called Little River Mineola. Some of the early property owners in the Little River area, reportedly from the late 1600s to the early 1700s - Landgrave Thomas Smith, William Waites (Indian Trader), Thomas Ash, Jonathan Calkins, Boriah Grant, Nicholas Frink, Charles Hart, George Pawley, James Minor, John Bessent, and John Morrall. Again, I am grateful for anything else you can help me with.

The "xxx is reputed to" is what we have now. I'm hoping for more. Thank you again for anything additional. I'm continuing to search down those other tracks as well.

New member and not full of the pirate rancor yet, but I need help. I work for Horry County, SC and I'm trying to document the legends of Pirate activity in the community of Little River, SC. Little River is located very near the NC/SC border and is and was a deep water port on a navigatable inlet from the ocean. It was used by Confederate ships during the Civil War as it was not well known by the Union Blockades. It was formerly part of Craven County, North Carolina. There has been a great deal of pirate lore thrown about concerning this area, but I have never seen anything other than speculation to back up or disprove the lore. Any help or leads would be greatly appreciated. Adam Emrick Senior Planner Horry County, SC