From the 1930s to the 1960s, Horry County had no "waiting period" to get married. Folks came from all over NC and SC to get married in the Horry County Courthouse in Conway, SC.

Since this was true, the Author felt it would be best to include the Horry County marriage records for the Lewis surname in several files - because there were well over 1,500 Lewises married in Horry County from 1900 to 2000. Even so, these files are somewhat large.