Historical Marker
Williamsburg County Confederate Monument
Historical marker location:
147 West Main Street, Kingstree, South Carolina
( Marker is on West Main Street (State Highway 261) near South Academy Street, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1910
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.