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 Eutaw Springs (both in 1781), and served eight years in the S.C. Senate. Marion died in 1795.

Marker is on Dr. Evans Drive (State Road 8-44) near Hard Pinch Road, on the right when traveling south.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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