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Francis Marion and Sumter National Forests The Francis Marion National Forest is located north of Charleston, South Carolina . It is named for revolutionary war hero Francis Marion , who was known to the British as the Swamp Fox.
The Sumter National Forest is one of two forests in South Carolina that are managed together by the United States Forest Service, the other being the Francis Marion National Forest. The Sumter National Forest consists of 370,442 acres (1,499.13 km 2 ) which are divided into 3 distinct sections in western and central South Carolina.
US 76 / SR 2 at the Georgia state line near Clayton: I-85 near Anderson; I-26 / US 176 in Irmo; I-20 on the Seven Oaks–St. Andrews city line; I-26 / I-126 near West Columbia; US 1 / US 378 in Columbia; US 15 / US 401 / US 378 / US 521 in Sumter; I-95 near Florence; East end: US 76 at the North Carolina state line near Fair Bluff, NC
Francis Marion was born in Berkeley County, Province of South Carolina around 1732. His father Gabriel Marion was a Huguenot who emigrated to the Thirteen Colonies from France at some point prior to 1700 due to the Edict of Fontainebleau and became a slaveowning planter. [3]
Col Sumter (backcountry) (1780) June 1780 James Postell, Col [38] Turkey Creek Regiment Col Sumter (backcountry) (1780) May 1780 Edward Lacey, Col [39] Polk's Regiment of Light Dragoons North Carolina's Mecklenburg County Regiment South Carolina State Troops [note 6] July 1780 William Polk, Col [40] [41] Hampton's Regiment of Light Dragoons
US 76 (Palmetto Street / US 52 Conn. north) – Marion, Timmonsville: Southern terminus of US 52 Conn.; to Francis Marion University: 110.200: 177.350: West Lucas Street east (US 52 Truck south) / North Irby Street north: Northern terminus of US 52 Truck; US 52 turns left off of North Irby Street and onto West Lucas Street. 110.470: 177.784
Snow's Island is an area of swampy lowlands along the Pee Dee River in Florence County, South Carolina.The area is historically significant as the headquarters during the American Revolutionary War for forces led by Francis Marion (1732-1795), a South Carolina militia officer who is celebrated as the "Swamp Fox."
Devils Fork State Park is in northwestern South Carolina on the eastern edge of the Sumter National Forest at the edge of 7,500-acre (3,035 ha) Lake Jocassee. It is located three miles (5 km) off SC 11 , the Cherokee Scenic Highway, near the town of Salem, South Carolina .