Bowling Green
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N 34° 14.802 W 079° 24.467
17S E 646618 N 3790656
Site of disarmament in 1782 ending area warfare.
Waymark Code: WM59YG
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2008
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South Carolina
Bowling Green
On this site, located about 1/2 mile northeast, at least 500 Loyalists under the command of Major Micajah Ganey laid down their arms in accordance with a previous agreement made between Francis Marion and Ganey. This treaty signed June 8, 1782 at Burch's Mill on the Pee Dee River, ended the partisan warfare in the area.
Erected By The Marion County Historical Society 1978
Marker Name: Bowling Green
Marker Location: Roadside
Type of Marker: Battle (war)
Marker number: 34 8
County: Marion Co. SC
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