The Court of Oridnary was established for Horry District in 1803 and continued as such until 1866. The name was then changed to Probate Court of Horry County. This Court handles Estates of deceased persons, both testate and intestate; all Testamentary Trusts; Guardianships of minor children; Committeeships for incompetent persons; admittances of mentally ill to the South Carolina State Hospital on medical certificates; issuances of marriage licenses and performs marriage ceremonies when asked to do so.
Our office staff consists of Mrs. Sandra P. Smith, employed by the Court March, 1968; Mrs. Elizabeth O. James, employed by the Court December, 1964; Mrs. Carolyn L. Wright, Deputy Judge of Probate Court, employed by the Court April, 1963; and W.C. Floyd, Judge of Probate, who took office January 2, 1959.
| Name | Birth | Death | Term |
| Samuel Foxworth | 1803 - 1805 | ||
| William Hemingway | 1806 - 1810 | ||
| Henry Durant | 1811 - 1816 | ||
| 1817 - 1818 | |||
| S.G. Singleton | 1819 - 1822 | ||
| John Durant | 1823 - 1840 | ||
| James Beaty | 1841 - 1856 | ||
| James A. Thompson | 1857 - 1866 |
| Name | Birth | Death | Term |
| Joseph H. Harrell | 1867 - | ||
| Noah B. Cooper | 1868 - 1870 | ||
| Isaac G. Long | 1871 - 1872 | ||
| Isaac Cannon | 1873 | ||
| Isaac G. Long | 1874 - 1878 | ||
| C.P. Quattlebaum | 1879 - 1880 | ||
| John N. Pearce | 1880 - 1881 | ||
| Thomas T. Sessions | 1881-1882 | ||
| J. M. Pearce | 1882 | ||
| John N. Pearce | 1883 - 1884 | ||
| William E. Hardwick | Abt. 1831 | Feb. 1903 | 1885 - 1903 |
| Henry Norman Sessions | 1903-1906 | ||
| John Holt | Abt. 1885 | May 2, 1962 | 1907 - 1910 |
| John Samuel Vaught, Jr. | August 12, 1851 | January 08, 1935 | 1911 - 1934 |
| Henry Elmond Bourne | September 18, 1894 | April 17, 1964 | 1935 - 1942 |
| Herbert Edgar Blanton | November 19, 1879 | March 26, 1962 | 1943 - 1958 |
| William Cater Floyd | 1959 - | ||
| Carolyn Wright | |||
| Dianne Bufkin Creel | Present |
