Georgia   Biographies  Francis Marion
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FRANCIS MARION

General Francis Marion was born in Charleston, in 1732.
He was a Major in Col. Moultrie's regiment, when the
attack was made on Sullivan's Island, in 1776.  He was
appointed Brigadier General in 1780.  He was with General
Greene at the battle of Eufaw Springs, and received the
thanks of Congress for his intrepid bravery.  He seldom
failed capturing an enemy, when he went on the errand,
and always did it by surprise.  He died in 1795, having
been eminently useful to the Southern States during the
war.

Ref:  Sherwood, Adiel, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, 1837, Printed by P. Force, 1837, Washington
City, pp. 295-296.

MARION COUNTY, GEORGIA  

Names after General Francis Marion, and laid out from
Muscogee and Lee in 1827; part added to Crawford in 1827;
part added to Muscogee in 1829.

BUENA VISTA, made the county side in 1847, is situated
101 miles from Milledgeville.  Tazewell, formerly the
county site, is about 25 miles from  the Flint River.

Among the first settlers in this county were, Thomas
Bivins, D. M. Burkhalter, J. Burkhalter, Morgan Kemp,
Reuben Kemp, Randall Stewart, D. Owens, R. Sellers.

Ref:  White, Rev. George, HISTORICAL COLLECTIONS OF
GEORGIA, 1854, Pudney & Russell, Publishers, New York, p.
35.  [Reprinted 1968, Heritage Papers, Danielsville, GA)


Note: Adiel Sherwood, A GAZETTEER OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA, Washington City, Printed by P. Force, 1837,  pp.
255-256. APPENDIX:  BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES "The author
conceived that a short biographical sketch of the
individuals after whom the several counties were named,
would furnish an instructive and pleasing appendage to
his topographical work... Acquainted with the intimate
friends of some of the 'venerable dead,' he has been
furnished with sufficient materials to enlarge on their
character... There are in the State ninety counties (book
printed in 1837, presently in 2001, there are 159
counties)..."

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