History of Horry County

History of Horry County My parents were born and raised in Horry County. They also graduated from Conway High.

06/04/2026

Teacher pay in the 1932-1933 school year.

Leela Bellamy $662.35
Bessie Bellamy $554.02
Edith Richardson $569.91
Mrs. Elma B. Todd $612.50

1923-24 Burroughs High School FacultyJ.M. Daniel (Superintendent), E.L. Easterling (Principal & Latin),H.K. Sanders (Sci...
04/13/2026

1923-24 Burroughs High School Faculty

J.M. Daniel (Superintendent), E.L. Easterling (Principal & Latin),
H.K. Sanders (Science & A.D.), Miss Amy Wolff (English),
Miss Virginia Kyzer (French & History), Mrs. G.L. Ford (Mathematics)

Burroughs High School 1924 Junior Class
04/10/2026

Burroughs High School 1924 Junior Class

03/20/2026

Aynor Consolidated High School opened in 1926 with two teachers. In 1929 there were 13 teachers.

01/06/2026

Conway native Sydney Goldfinch graduated in 1929 and headed to Columba Bible College in Columbia, SC. After graduating in 4 years Sydney went to graduate school at Wheaton College, finishing his academic work at Southern Baptist Seminary. He married Frances McCaw in the lobby of Columbia Bible College on Christmas Day 1936. Sydney Goldfinch was ordained at Tabernacle Baptist Church in Columbia, SC. Today Tabernacle Baptist is called North Trenholm Baptist. While attending Columbia Bible College Sydney desired to go into mission work and had hoped to go to China but due to the pressing need of missionaries in South America, he and his wife were off to Uruguay in July 1939. After 5 years in Uruguay, he was sent to Asuncion the capitol city of Paraguay. When the Goldfinch's arrived in Paraguay there was only 1 Baptist church. In a short time, there were 3 Baptist churches, and a new hospital had been built.

The photo is of the Goldfinch family taken in 1955. Mrs. Goldfinch is holding 8-month-old Lura. Mr. Goldfinch holds 3-year-old James Lee. Sitting on the sofa are Lanny who was a freshman at Carson Newman College in Pre-Med and Lelia an 8th grader at Wardlaw Junior High. Standing behind the sofa is Louis, a junior at Columbia High and sitting on the floor is Larue, a 3rd grader at Crayton Elementary.

11/12/2025

Did you know that John Bellamy (1776-1845) originally from Horry County moved to Florida in 1820. John Bellamy along with Benjamin Chaires and Francis Ross mapped out what s now the city of Jacksonville.

10/02/2025

In August 1929 the Conway Town Council passed a milk ordinance that would take effect January 1, 1930. This ordinance specified that all floors in milk houses be constructed of concrete.

10/01/2025

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