40-89 Marion Street
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N 34° 00.115 W 081° 01.827
17S E 497188 N 3762368
This marker is located at the corner of Marion and Gervais Streets in Columbia, SC.
Waymark Code: WMYNCD
Location: South Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 07/03/2018
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Text:
Brigadier General Francis Marion was born in South Carolina about 1732 of French Huguenot descent. Marion was a member of the First Provincial Congress, served eight years in the S. C. Senate, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1790. He died Feb. 27, 1795, and is buried in Berkeley County at Belle Isle Plantation, home of his brother, Gabriel.
Text - Reverse
This street was named for Francis Marion, one of the three S.C. Partisan Generals during the American Revolution. The guerilla tactics against the British by Marion and his Partisan band earned for him the name of "Swamp Fox." Congress voted its thanks to Marion for distinguished service in the battles of Parker's Ferry and Eutaw Springs, both fought in 1781.
Sponsor
Richland County Bicentennial Commission; Sponsored by Southeastern Freight Lines
Year Approved 1977
Marker Name: Marion Street
Marker Location: City
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker number: 40-89
County: Richland
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