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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. It lies entirely within the Middle Atlantic coastal forests ecoregion . [ 3 ]
Historic Trail map. The Selma to Montgomery National Historic Trail is the shortest of the National Historic Trails at 54 miles. [9] [10] The National Historic Trail starts at the Mount Zion AME Zion Church in Marion. [2] Route signs lead people from Marion to Selma, where there is an interpretative center for the trail. [11]
Plantation founded by Joseph Gee, a native of Halifax County, North Carolina, circa 1816 in an Alabama River bend that retains his last name to the present. It passed to his nephews upon his death. They transferred it to their relative, Mark Harwell Pettway, also a native of Halifax County North Carolina, in 1845 in order to settle a $29,000 debt.
Marion County: 093: Hamilton: 49: 1818: Tuscaloosa County: Francis Marion (1732–1795), military leader in American Revolutionary War: 39.4 29,244: 742.29 sq mi (1,923 km 2) Marshall County: 095: Guntersville: 50: 1836: Blount and Jackson counties and Cherokee territory: John Marshall (1755–1835), Chief Justice of the United States 1801 ...
The Marion Courthouse Square Historic District is a historic district in Marion, Alabama. It is centered on the Perry County Courthouse and includes examples of Greek Revival , Gothic Revival , and Tudor Revival architecture.
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Marion is a city in and the county seat of Perry County, Alabama, United States. [2] As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 3,686, up 4.8% over 2000. First known as Muckle Ridge, the city was renamed for a hero of the American Revolution, Francis Marion .
This is a list of places named after Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. He had more places named after him than any other Revolutionary War soldier, with the exception of George Washington .