Google something called "Paleotempestology"..it's going back before written records and directly examining the marshes and beaches, and tree rings for evidence of storm surges and hurricanes...
Thank you. I found other lists of colonial era hurricanes, but they were east coast. Eglin, I think, is near Biloxi, so their list was most relevant to this area, at least.
I'll look it up. I imagine we'll find that hurricanes have been around a long time.
I remembered reading all kinds of reports of Spanish Galleons sunk by terrible storms. Those would be interesting records if they exist.