Historical Marker
Pinarea / Quattlebaum Sawmill, Flour Mill, and Rifle Factory
Historical marker location:
Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina
( Marker is at the intersection of Fairview Road (U.S. 178) and Bagpipe Road, on the right when traveling south on Fairview Road.)
Marker installed: 2006
The Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, known as the "Swamp Fox," was from South Carolina. Marion was a skilled guerrilla fighter who used the state's swamps and forests as cover to launch surprise attacks against the British.