Francis Marion Reflections

During the American Revolution, 1780, General Marion and the men of his Brigade pushed back the British forces in the Black and Santee River Basins. It is unlikely that they thought they would be remembered by future generations. It may ...

Francis Marion

The Swamp Fox

Born St. John’s Parish, S. C., 1732. Died February 27, 1795. Buried Belle Isle Plantation, Berkeley County, S. C.

1759 — French and Indian War

1761 — Cherokee Uprising

1775 — Captain, 2nd S. C. Regiment

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The Elusive Francis Marion: Guerrilla Commander

Disastrous American defeats during the Revolutionary War at Charleston and Camden in the summer of 1780 led many South Carolinians to give up the fight for independence. But Francis Marion carried on the struggle, waging a guerrilla war in the ...

The Elusive Francis Marion: The Stuff of Legend

For what he did in less than three years during the Revolutionary War, Francis Marion won enduring fame. By the nineteenth century he was remembered as the Swamp Fox, the partisan commander who always eluded the British and their Loyalist ...

Witherspoon’s Ferry: Francis Marion Takes Command

Late in the summer of 1780, Maj. Gen. Horatio Gates led a Continental army toward South Carolina to attempt to roll back the British conquest of the province. As Gates prepared to meet the British at Camden, he sent Col. ...

Wadboo Barony: Francis Marion’s Last Headquarters

Wadboo was a Native American name given to the enormous landholding of James Colleton, a son of Sir John Colleton, who was one of the original eight Lords Proprietors of the Carolina colony. Called a barony according to the Proprietors’ ...

Francis Marion’s Grave

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Sacred to the Memory

of

Genl. Francis Marion,

Who departed his life, on the 27th of February, 1795,

in the sixty-third year of his age

Deeply regretted by all his fellow-citizens.

History will record his worth and rising generations

embalm his memory ...

Francis Marion

To the honor and glory of Francis Marion and his men who under extreme hardships did such valued service for the independence of their country in the War of the American Revolution.

Marker is on Front Street near Broad Street.

Courtesy ...

Francis Marion

Acording to family information, Francis Marion, brigadier general of the S.C. Militia during the American Revolution, was born near here on Goatfield Plantation. He was a member of the First Provincial Congress, fought in the battles of Parker's Ferry and ...

Francis Marion / Francis Marion's Grave

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Francis Marion

Brigadier General of S.C. militia during the American Revolution, Francis Marion, was one of the partisan leaders who kept the war alive during the British occupation of the state. His elusive disappearances after surprise ...