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Swamp Fox Trail, Clarendon County SC
Revolutionary
History in Clarendon County,
SC
with
General Francis Marion, The "Swamp Fox"
"The
greatest guerilla fighter of the American
Revolution"
"The
American Revolution was won in the South
in
what is called the 'Civil War' phase."
General
Francis Marion Memorial Day: Enacted by the
state of South Carolina May 2, 2007: The twenty-seventh
day of February annually is designated as 'General Francis Marion
Memorial Day' in honor of this South Carolina Revolutionary War
hero."
In the darkest hour of the American Revolution,
Francis Marion stepped forward when others were giving up.
With little but his passion for liberty and strength of intellect, he
organized a force of patriots that frustrated
British attempts to invade Virginia thereby setting the stage for the
British defeat at Yorketown.
Loved by his followers, respected by his enemies, he is one of the foremost
heroes of our War for Independence.
Celebrate Rev. War Living History Encampment to honor General
Francis Marion Memorial Day.
Francis Marion Living History Encampment
Days: Feb 26-28, 2009 at Camp Bob Cooper.
Visit the Swamp Fox Murals
Trail. ©2002
Tentative
Plans: 6th Francis Marion Symposium
October 10-11, 2008 in Manning, SC:
“Explore
the Rev. War Southern Campaign, Marion & his Contemporaries”
Francis Marion returns to St Marks
Parish, now Clarendon County. General
Francis Marion is in the Continental uniform of his 2nd SC Regiment
after he occupied Georgetown, June 6, 1781.
Marion Sculpture by Robert G. Barinowski
©2006 (http://baronsstudio.com
).
Marion is sponsored by the Swamp Fox Murals Trial
Society.
Come to Manning to
see Marion at the corner of Mill and Boyce,
Courthouse Square.
The American Revolution
was deadlocked in the north, after the battle
at Monmouth Courthouse, NJ in 1778. These Swamp
Fox engagements were after Charleston fell and the
British occupied it starting on May 12, 1780.
Marion had escaped capture and was the only senior Regimental
or Continental Officer free to lead the local militia.
Battle
of Nelson's Ferry or Great
Savannah
(Thursday, August 24, 1780) *C-7
SF #1 Click for: Map
Directions:
Southeast of Summerton, I-95 Exit
102, take Dingle Pond Road (SR 400) east about
4.5 miles. Unmarked site is on Santee Wildlife
Refuge, Pine Island Unit, and requires walking.
The stage for this battle
was set when the British Lord Cornwallis defeated
General Gates in a battle near Camden. De Kalb
was killed and about 150 Marylanders were taken
prisoner by the British.
General Marion was ordered by Gates to roam
the Santee burning boats so as to isolate
Camden from Charleston. He was successfully engaged
in this task when he learned of the defeat at Camden.
He withheld this information from his sixty troops
and continued to burn boats. He learned from
a deserter that a British Capt. Roberts with an escort
of ninety troops was holding the 150 Maryland prisoners
at General Sumter’s home, on the north savannah of
the Santee River near Nelson’s Ferry. He attacked
after dark and killed or captured twenty-three of the
escorts and released all the prisoners. This is thought
to be the first time Cornwallis heard of General Marion.
General
Thomas Sumter's Plantation SF #10
Click
for: Map Directions: I-95
Exit 102, take Dingle Pond Road (SR 400) east approximately
5 miles on Santee NW Refuge, Pine Island Unit.
General Thomas Sumter's vast land holdings and
home were located on a bluff overlooking the Santee
Basin about six miles from Nelson's Ferry.
This was the 2nd location he lived in and the one
used during the Revolution and it was burned by Tarleton.
Sumter's first home was 1 mile NW of Eutaw Springs,
SW of Nelson's Ferry, and his last holdings were
at Stateburg.
The
Burning of Mouzon's by his "Friend"
(August 7, 1780) Directions: I-95 Exit 132,
Hwy 527, Black River Road, towards Kingstree
Capt. William Henry Mouzon II was educated
in France and spoke the language fluently. He became
a surveyor and civil engineer. Henry Mouzon had
a warm friendship with Banastre Tarleton from their boyhood
days at school; yet so callous had Tarleton grown from a
sense of duty to his King that he burned the Mouzon Plantation
House, on August 7, 1780. His daughter Ann recounted
the day the British arrived. She was eleven years old and was on
top of the smoke house at the time, helping to spread the bacon
in the sun. Ann was the first to see the British coming and sounded
the alarm to the rest of the family. The Mouzon home was at Mouzon's
Landing, located at Puddin' Swamp on the Black River
where Mouzon escaped into the swamp. His home was on the edge
of St Marks Parish, when Tarleton’s Green Dragoons burned it.
Following this, British Major
James Wemyss burned out Patriots & Loyalists alike in a swathe 15 miles
wide of the 70 miles route from Kingstree to Cheraw along the Black River
in 1780.
Ride to North Carolina
(Sept 8-24, 1780)
Following
Marion's victories at Nelson's Ferry and
the Blue Savannah the British were angry.
Cornwallis ordered available forces, over 1500
men, to go after Marion and his 60 men. Marion,
who was guarding Port's Ferry on the Pee Dee expected
such a move and sent Major James with a cavalry detachment
to snatch a British soldier so they could question
him. Thus, Marion learned he was greatly out numbered
so he broke camp and moved to the Great White Marsh of
North Carolina. On his return he gathered his
followers and his first action resulted in the victory
over 
Col. Ball at Black Mingo on September
28th. The Citizen Soldier mural
depicts Marion gathering men as he returns
from NC.
Citizen Soldier Mural at SW corner
of Sunset Dr. (US 301) and Mill St. (SC
260), Manning, SC.
Sept. 28-29, 1780 Marion,
back in SC, attacked Col. Ball at Black Mingo,
Mouzon wounded.
Battle
of Tearcoat
(Wednesday, October 25, 1780) *C-27 SF#2 Click for:
Map
Directions: I-95, exit 132,
South of Turbeville, take Black River Road
(SC 527) East to Historic US 301. Go South on US
301, West on N. Brewington Rd (SR 50). The battle area
is about .5 mile East of I-95 (Follow the treasure
hunt to find this
mural. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.asp?id=26102)
While billeted near Waccamaw, General Marion
learned Colonel Tynes with a party of over ninety
Tories passed through Camden where they drew supplies
and new muskets. They were now camped at the
edge of Tearcoat Swamp, between the two forks of the
Black River.
©2002
Battle of Tearcoat Mural at corner of
Main St. (US 301) and Park St., Turbeville, SC
Marion called
a muster and with 150 men moved to Kingstree. He then
turned west and moved swiftly toward Tearcoat.
After scouting the encampment Marion split his
force into three companies and attacked at midnight.
The attackers killed six, wounded fourteen and captured
twenty-three men. They also captured the food, baggage,
ammunition, over eighty new muskets and horses with saddles.
However, Tynes escaped, but was captured a few days
later in the High Hills (near Stateburg).
Confrontation at Richbourg's
Mill (Tuesday, November 7,
1780) *C-6
SF #3
Map
Directions: I-95 Exit
108, from junction of Historic US 301
and US 15 in Summerton go west on Gov. Richardson
Road (SR 26). Site is on the Furse Branch
just west of Jack’s Creek.
Colonel Banestre Tarleton with the
Green Dragoons left Charleston
to hunt down General Marion. Tarleton
went to the late General Richardson’s home,
bivouacked and lit several huge fires. General
Marion, attracted by the light, began scouting
the area. Mrs. Richardson sent he son Richard
to warn Marion. When Marion learned of the ambush
Tarleton had prepared he quickly withdrew to the east
of Jack’s Creek, most likely to the area near Richbourg's
mill and plantation.
©2001
Chase to Ox
Swamp (Wednesday, November
8, 1780) *C-25SF #4 Map
Directions: I-95
Exit 119 - go east on SC 261. I-95
Exit 122 – go east on US 521. (SC 261 & US
521 run together.) The road crosses Ox Swamp
just east of Manning.
Upon learning from a Tory spy that General Marion
slipped back east of Jack’s Creek, Tarleton gave
chase with the Green Dragoons. Marion, staying
just ahead of the dragoons, and fighting a series of
delaying actions with his rear guard, rode to the head
of Jack’s Creek, then down the Pocotaligo and finally
slipped away into Ox Swamp. Here Tarleton gave
up the chase and said “as for the old fox, the devil himself
could not catch him.” Thus, General Francis Marion became
known as the “Swamp Fox”. Marion
and his men continued east to Benbow's Ferry on the Black
river where he had established the ambush for the British.
General Richardson
Home Site *C-2
SF #9 Map
Directions: I-95
Exit 102, north on Historic US 301. At St.
Paul turn left/west on Liberty Hill Road (SR 373),
turn left on Old River Road (SR 76).
Site is most likely on the right near the
large tree, one-half mile west of St Phillips Church
Road.
This is where Tarleton camped, started on
the chase to Ox Swamp and returned to harass
the Richardson family. He made Mrs. Richardson
prepare dinner for him, then dug up Gen. Richardson’s
body, burnt the house and the barn with all the animals
in it and finally flogged Mrs. Richardson in front
of her children.
Benbow's Ferry Site
Directions:
East of Manning on SC 261.
Left, north, onto S-55 at Martine Crossroads.
The ferry was located just east of where the bridge crosses
the Black River.
Marion positioned his force in an ambush for
Tarleton along the approach to the ferry.
Battle of Half Way
Swamp (Tuesday,
December 12, 1780) *C-1
SF #5 Map
Directions: South
of Summerton, I-95 Exit 102
north on Historic US 301. At St. Paul turn west
on Liberty Hill Road (SR 373), then left onto Old River
Road (SR 76). Site is on the left just past Elliott’s
Mill Pond and Spring Grove Creek.
Major McLeroth and his British Regular troops
met at Nelson’s Ferry recruits for the Royal
Fusiliers, who departed Charleston for Camden.
McLeroth was to escort them to the High Hills.
General Marion with 700 troops intercepted McLeroth’s
group and began driving in the pickets. Under a
flag of truce McLeroth complained and after they talked, it
was decided each side would field twenty men to face off
and fight. Major Vanderhorst and the picked twenty
decided to wait until they were fifty yards away to fire
their buckshot. As they closed to less than 100 yards,
the Redcoats broke and ran. During the night the British
stole away, leaving their equipment and supplies behind.
Marion sent James and his cavalry after them. James
fired on the British at Singleton’s Mill but quickly departed
the mill area when he learned the Singletons had smallpox.
Dec. 26, 1780,
Lt. Col. John Watson Tadwell Watson and the British 64th Regiment
of Foot troops started building Fort Watson
on the Santee Indian Mound.
First
Battle of Fort Watson
(Tuesday, Feb. 27, 1781) SF #8 Map
Directions: South of Summerton,
I-95 Exit 102. Historic US 301 north,
turn west onto Fort Watson Road (S- 803). Marker
at the Visitors Center and the Indian Mound, site
of Fort Watson, is at the end of the road.
General Thomas Sumter had attacked Fort Watson
atop the Indian Mound on February 28, 1781,
attempting to take it from the British.
The next sequence of events comprise
the Bridges Campaign or Watson Chase:
Battle of
Wyboo Swamp
(Tuesday, March 6, 1781) SF #6
Map
Directions:
I-95 Exit 115. Take Historic US 301
north. Turn south (right) onto SC 260.
Turn right on Patriot Road (SR 410). The
site is at the end of the road.
Lt. Col. John
Watson Tadwell Watson and Colonel Welbore Ellis Doyle
were sent to encircle and crush General Marion.
Early on March 5, Watson and his Buffs marched from
Fort Watson down the Santee Path and bivouacked
near Nelson’s Ferry. Marion heard their location
from his spy, Capt. Zach Cantey.
His men knew they must fight to prevent the
enemy from continuing to overrun their homes and
farms. Marion ordered his troops to advance
and set up an ambush, at Wyboo Swamp, a difficult
pass on the Santee Road. 
The British
marched into view and out rode Watson to survey
the scene. Out rode Marion to face his opponent.
The quarter mile causeway spanned the muck and morass
of Wyboo swamp. Watson, towering and majestically
uniformed, sitting a splendid charger and backed by
Britain's finest soldiers, opposite the small Huguenot,
sitting a sorrel gelding and backed by farmers in homespun.
Watson opened the battle. He sent Col.
H Richborg and his Loyalist horsemen thundering
over the causeway. Anticipating this,
Marion sent Peter Horry and his horsemen to meet
them. After a brief skirmish on the narrow roadway,
both sides recoiled. Marion again ordered
Horry to charge. Watson’s regulars held.
A fusillade of grapeshot sent Horry’s cavalry reeling
backward. Watson threw in the Troy dragoons.
Battle of Wyboo Swamp
Mural (3 panels), Manning.
Gavin James, powerful of frame and fierce
of courage, turned back to dispute Harrison’s
passage. Mounted on a gray horse and armed
only with musket and bayonet, he threw himself directly
in the path of the dragoons. Their foremost
man he dropped with buckshot. Before he could reload,
a dragoon rushed him with his saber. James slew
him with his bayonet, and a second with the same bayonet.
In falling he seized the barrel of James’ gun and for
50 yards in his retreat Gavin James dragged the dying Tory.
As the dragoons
crossed the causeway, Marion’s militia
charged, driving the Tories back across Wyboo.
Watson ordered his Guards to clear the passage.
Marion knew his men could not stop the veterans
and called them to mount and retreat. Marion withdrew
to a position near the Cantey Plantation.
Mount Hope
Harassment (March
10-28, 1781) *C-29
SF #7 Map
Directions: South
of Manning, south on SC 260, left on Kenwood
Road (S-323). Large brick and metal gate on
the right, south side, of the road mark John Cantey’s
Plantation.
Colonel Watson encamped at the Cantey Plantation
on March 9th. He then attempted to join
Doyle who was moving from Camden down the Pee Dee north
of the Black River. At Mount Hope Swamp Watson met
severe harassment from the Swamp Fox and his men.
He again met stiff resistance at the Lower Bridge
over the Black River and was unable to cross the river
to reach Kingstree. He then camped at the Witherspoon and
the Blakely plantations but was forced to head for Georgetown.
He was ambushed and stopped at Ox Swamp and then made
a dash for Georgetown via the Old River Road. When the British
reached the Sampit River, General Marion ambushed them. Watson
had suffered many casualties at every encounter and leaving
his dead where they fell, he arrived at Georgetown with two wagons
filled with wounded soldiers.
Siege of Fort Watson
(Monday to Monday, April 16-23, 1781)
*C-3 SF #8 Map
Directions: I-95 Exit 102,
South of Summerton. Historic US 301 north, turn
west onto Fort Watson Road (S-803). Marker at the
Visitors Center and the Indian Mound, site of Fort Watson,
is at the end of the road.
Colonel Harry Lee
and Lee’s Legion from Virginia had joined
General Marion and Marion’s Brigade on the Black
River on April 14, 1781. Marion and Lee elected
to capture British, built in December 1780 and
held, Fort Watson to secure the area and to get badly
needed supplies. They laid siege to the fort. While
waiting for a cannon to arrive Major Maham suggested building
a tower and having sharpshooters pick off the Redcoats
inside the fort. The tower was erected over night after collecting
saplings for several days. The use of the tower by the McCottry
riflemen at sunrise led to the quick surrender of Fort
Watson by Lt. James McKay on the morning of April 23,
1781 and was the final Battle of Fort Watson.
Re-enactment at Santee Indian
Mound, Victory at Fort Watson
Encampment October, 2003
©2002
Richardson Cemetery and St Mark's
Parish Church *C-2SF #9 Map
Directions:
I-95 Exit 102 north on Historic US 301.
At St. Paul turn west on SR 373, then left
onto SR 76. Site is on the left just past Richardson
Branch.
In an effort to teach the Richardsons and
other Patriots a lesson for helping General
Marion, Colonel Tarleton
had his troops dig up General Richardson
who was buried six weeks earlier and forced his
family to view the body. Two SC governors and the founder
of the Citadel are also buried here at this historic
site. St. Mark’s Parish Church was located here when
the British burned it as they considered the church “a
sedition shop”.
May 6, 1781 Marion and Lee were successful at
Fort Motte, another of the British outposts guarding CharlesTown
Eutaw Springs Battle
was Saturday, September 8, 1781.
Directions:
I-95 Exit 98 east on SC 6 to Eutaw
Springs.
The Battle
of Eutaw Springs was the last large battle
fought in the campaign to end British occupation of the Carolinas
and Georgia. On September 8, 1781, Major General
Nathanael Greene's Continental Army accompanied by militia
attacked the British Army under the command of Lt. Col. Alexander
Stewart at Eutaw Springs. Over 4000 men fought for more than
4 hours in the stifling heat. It was the bloodiest battle
of the Revolutionary War and soldiers reported wading through
puddles of blood on the field and men were standing, dead, impaled
on each other's bayonets. When the carnage was over, the
British evacuated the area and moved to Chaleston Neck. Five
weeks later, when the British surrendered at Yorktown, they had no
claim to the Carolinas and Georgia. The Battle of Eutaw Springs
had ended British control. (from Christine Swager: "The Valiant Died")
Cantey Plantation
*C-29
SF #11 Map
Directions: South
of Manning, I-95 Exit 119 east on SC 261, south
on SC 260, east on Kenwood Road (S-323). Large
brick and metal gate on the right, south side, of the
road mark Plantation.
John Cantey’s home
was about halfway between Nelson’s Ferry and
Murray’s Ferry. Gen. Marion was staying here
when he learned that General Cornwallis surrendered
at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. Joseph Cantey,
John’s father, purchased the Mount Hope Plantation
about 1739. It was located east of John’s near
the present Cantey Cemetery.
Nov. 10, 1781, Saturday, Celebration
party at John Cantey’s: “a fine party for the
ladies of Santee”
Significant
Events in the Life of Francis Marion:
** Battles
or skirmishes Marion engaged in **
Winter 1732 Marion was born in the
Low Country of South Carolina, youngest
of six.
1738 (c) Family moved to Winyah
Bay close to Georgetown.
1747 (c) Francis went to sea. Disaster
changed his mind about a career at sea.
1750 (c) Francis Marion's father
died and Francis, unmarried, managed farm.
**1756 Francis and brother, Gabriel,
enlisted to fight Indians. Indian fighter
to 1761
1773 Francis purchased land on the
Santee, 4 miles below Eutaw Springs.
April 19, 1775 Battles at Lexington
and Concord, MA
May 1775 Marion learned of the struggle
in New England and went to Charleston to
Enlist, Commissioned as Captain on June 21, 1775,
in SC Regiment.
June 18, 1776 South Carolina Regiments
incorporated into Continental Army.
**June 28, 1776 British attack Sullivan's
Island from the sea. Marion commanded
the guns at the fort. (Now Fort Moultrie)
--- South Carolina troops serve
in SC and GA. Most action is in New England
Summer 1779 Lord Cornwallis has
orders from London for the Southern Campaign.
**October 9, 1779 Attempt to retake
Savannah from British. Marion was involved
January 20, 1780 Marion, now a
Lt. Col., commands the 2nd SC Regt.
March 19, 1780 Marion at a party
at Tradd St. Jumped out window and broke
leg (ankle?) Evacuated from the besieged Charleston
which fell May 12, 1780.
August 16, 1780 Camden fell, Cornwallis
defeated Gates
**August 17, 1780 Marion (age 48)
assumed command of the Williamsburg Militia;
controlled Santee River traffic, boats destroyed
**August 24, 1780 Nelson's Ferry,
Santee River, Marion attacked British Soldiers
conveying prisoners.
**September 4, 1780 Blue Savannah,
Marion ambushed Tories under Micah Ganey.
Wemyss's Campaign of Terror. Marion at
Great Swamp (Waccamaw) in NC.
**Sept 7, 1780 Kingstree – Marion's
Militia snatched Brit for interrogation
**Sept. 28-29, 1780 Marion, back
in SC, attacked Col. Ball at Black Mingo, Mouzon
wounded.
October 7, 1780 Battle at King's
Mountain.
**October 25, 1780 Marion attacked
Brits at Tearcoat Swamp, Black River, during
the night.
**November 7, 1780 Confrontation
at Richbourg’s Mill & Gen.Richardson’s
Plantation/Big Home
**November 8, 1780 Jack’s Creek
to Ox Swamp Chase, Marion became known as
the “Swamp Fox”
**Nov. 15, 1780 Marion at White’s
Plantation & Pen’s Plantation
Dec. 2, 1780 Greene took command
from Gates
**Dec. 5, 1780 Tory Tavern
**Dec. 12, 13, 1780 Marion at Halfway
Swamp near Santee River, and Singleton's
Mill.
Dec. 16, 17, 1780 Reconnoitered
Camden Outposts, Santee Road Recon/Interdiction
Dec. 28, 30, 1780 The Camp near
Georgetown, Chased Rangers from Williamsburg
to Georgetown
January 14, 1781 Waccamaw
January 17, 1781 Battle of Cowpens,
Morgan defeated Tarleton. (Marion
not involved)
**January 25, 1781 Marion at Georgetown
with Lee.
**January 29, 1781 Raided Moncks
Corner & Congaree
**March 6-28, 1781 Marion at Wiboo
Swamp, Mount Hope Swamp, Lower Bridge of
the Black River, Snows Island and Sampit Bridge.
**April 15-23, 1781 Marion and Lee
Siege of Fort Watson, Ft. fell with Maham
Tower, Santee River
**May 6, 1781 Marion and Lee at
Fort Motte
May 28, 1781 Georgetown
June 6, 1781 British evacuate Georgetown.
July 8, 1781 Moncks Corner &
Orangeburg
**July 17, 1781 Marion and Lee at
Quinby Bridge & Shubrick’s Plantation
August 4, 1781 Col. Isaac Hayne
is hanged in Charleston.
**August 13, 1781 Marion ambushes
Fraser and his Loyal SC Dragoons at Parker's
Ferry Causeway
**Sept. 8, 1781 Battle of Eutaw
Springs on Santee River
Sept. 20, 1781 Port’s Ferry on Pee
Dee River
October 19, 1781 Cornwallis surrendered
at Yorktown
Nov. 9, 1781 Marion learns of Cornwallis
surrendered
Nov. 10, 1781 Celebration party
at John Cantey’s: “a fine party for the ladies
of Santee”
February 24, 1782 Two encounters
with Loyalist cavalry. Tydiman Plantation
Skirmish w/foragers
August 29, 1782 Fair Lawn Skirmish,
Marion encounters Fraser and is forced
to retreat
December 14, 1782 British evacuated
Charleston. Militia not allowed
to participate and had been disbanded.
Marion has returned to his home at Pond Bluff
April 20, 1786 Marion (age 53) married
to Mary Esther Videau
Feb. 27, 1795 Marion died at his
home at Pond Bluff, area presently under Lake
Marion
Paper from Francis Marion: Stranger Than Fiction
Compiled by Christine Swager &
George Summers
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Note: *C #s are Historical Tour Guide
Map Signs
(Maps available
at Clarendon County Archives)
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The Santee, 1968
George F. Scheer & Hugh F. Rankin,
Rebels & Redcoats,
1987
David Schenck, North
Carolina 1780-81, 1889
Michael C. Scoggins,
The Day It Rained Militia, 2005
Anthony Scotti, Jr., Brutal Virtue,
2002
W. Gilmore Simms,
The Life of Francis Marion, 1844
Sol Stember,
The Bicentennial Guide to the American
Revolution, 1974
D. W. Stokes,
The Life of Francis Marion,
1974
Christine R. Swager,
Black Crows & White Cockades,
1990
Christine R. Swager,
If Ever Your Country Needs You,
2001
Christine R. Swager,
Come To the Cowpens!, 2002
Christine R. Swager, The Valiant
Died, The
Battle of Eutaw Springs, September 8, 1781,
2006
Craig
L. Symonds, Battlefield Atlas of American Revolution,
1986
Banastre Tarleton, History of the Campaigns
of 1780 & 1781, 1787.
Don Troiani,
Soldiers in America, 1998
M. L. Weems, The Life of
General Francis Marion, 1824
Russell F. Weigley, The American Way
of War, 1973
C. Keith Wilbur,
The Revolutionary Soldier, 1969
W. B. Wilcox,
Clinton’s Narrative of The American
Rebellion, 1954
Beryl Williams
& Samual Epstein, Francis
Marion, 1958
David K. Wilson,
The Southern Strategy, 2005
Discussions with:
Fin Coffey, Windy
Corbett, Doug Crutchfield, Dr. Marion Davis, Dr. Walter Edgar, Dr. Elizabeth
Fenn, Dr. George Fields, John Frierson,
Harold Furse, Christopher George, Val
Green, Norman McFadden,
Lauren Pogue, Dr. Tom Powers,
Ann & Herb
Puckett, John Robertson, Steve Smith, Ross St. George,
Frank Stovall, Dr. Joe T. Stukes, Drs. Christine and Bob Swager, Luther Wannamaker,
Athena Westeren, Scott Withrow.
Swamp Fox Map
Battle of Nelson's Ferry or Battle
of Great Savannah (August 20, 1780)
*C-7 SF #1
Battle of Tearcoat (October
25, 1780) *C-27 SF #2
Confrontation at Richbourg's Mill
(November 7, 1780) *C-6
SF #3
Chase to Ox Swamp (November
8, 1780) *C-25 SF #4
Battle of Half Way Swamp
(December 17, 1780) *C-1
SF #5
Battle of Wyboo Swamp
(March 6, 1781) *C-28 SF #6
Mount Hope Harassment (March
10-28, 1781) *C-29
SF #7
Siege of Fort Watson
(April 16, 1781) *C-3 SF #8
Richardson Home Site & Cemetery
(November 8, 1780) *C-2 SF #9
General Thomas Sumter's Plantation
(November, 1780) *C-7 SF #10
John Cantey Plantation Site
( 1781) SF #11
Choke points on the Santee
River
& Black River
where Marion
cut the British
supply lines.
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Visit Santee National Wildlife
Refuge /
Historic Santee Indian Mound
/ Site of Historic Fort
Watson
South of Summerton. SC 29148
803-478-2217
* I-95/Exit 102, US 15/301
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Scheduled Events
Times Approximate
Hosts: Santee Refuge Friends & Swamp Fox Murals
Trail Society
(Come by the Archives
for a Historical driving Guide
Map* to tour Clarendon County.)
Check out: South Carolina's Front Door
Website:
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