Francis Marion

Historical marker location:

Marion, South Carolina

( Marker is on Main Street (Business U.S. 501) near Dozier Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1976

The Swamp Fox.

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.