Swamp Fox

Historical marker location:

Summerton, South Carolina

( Marker can be reached from Fort Watson Road (State Road 14-803).)

Marker installed: 2004

General Francis Marion's stone marker.

South Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies that declared independence from Great Britain in 1776. However, it was also the first state to secede from the United States in 1860, which ultimately led to the Civil War.