Historical Marker
Williams Street / Gist Street
Historical marker location:
Columbia, South Carolina
( Marker is on Gervais Street (U.S. 1) near Williams Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1977
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.