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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]
A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion and a History of His Brigade From its Rise in June 1780 until Disbanded in December 1782. Continental Book Company. Lossing, Benson J. (1852). The Pictorial Field-Book of The Revolution. Vol. 2. Harper and Brothers. McCrady, Edward (1901–1902). The History of South Carolina in the Revolution ...
African Americans also served with various of the South Carolina guerrilla units, including that of the "Swamp Fox", Francis Marion, [4] half of whose force sometimes consisted of free Blacks. These Black troops made a critical difference in the fighting in the swamps, and kept Marion's guerrillas effective even when many of his white troops ...
Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832) was an American military officer, planter, and politician who served in the Continental Army as a brigadier-general during the Revolutionary War.
The life of General Francis Marion, a celebrated partisan officer, in the revolutionary war, against the British and Tories in South Carolina and Georgia. Philadelphia: Joseph Allen. p. 107. John Spear Smith (1858). Memoir of the Baron de Kalb. Maryland Historical Society, J.D. Toy. ISBN 9780722293096.
Frances Marion (born Marion Benson Owens; November 18, 1888 [1] – May 12, 1973) was an American screenwriter, director, journalist and author often cited as one of the most renowned female screenwriters of the 20th century alongside June Mathis and Anita Loos. During the course of her career, she wrote over 325 scripts. [2]
Greene, Francis Vinton D. General Greene Appleton and Company 1893; Marshall, John Life of George Washington Second Edition J. Crissy 1836; Gunby, Andrew Augustus Colonel John Gunby of the Maryland Line The Robert Clarke Company 1902; James, Marquis Andrew Jackson, the Border Captain Bobbs-Merrill Company 1933. reprinted by Grosset and Dunlop ...
General Marion Inviting a British Officer to Share His Meal by John Blake White; Oscar Marion kneels at the left of the group. Oscar Marion was an American militiaman during the American Revolutionary War enslaved by Francis Marion. In December 2006, Oscar Marion was recognized as an "African American Patriot" in a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol.