See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• MARION
• FRANCIS MARION (1732-1795)
• MARION, HENRI FRANCOIS (1846-1896)

MARION (1732-1795)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American soldier, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1732, probably at Winyah, near See also:

• GEORGETOWN

Georgetown, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Carolina, of Huguenot ancestry . In 1759 he settled on See also:

• POND
• POND, JOHN (c. 1767-1836)

Pond See also:

• BLUFF (a word of uncertain origin; possibly connected with an obsolete Dutch word, blaf, broad)

Bluff See also:

• PLANTATION (Lat. plantare, to plant)

plantation near Eutaw Springs, in St See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John's See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish, See also:

• BERKELEY
• BERKELEY, GEORGE (1685–1753)
• BERKELEY, MILES JOSEPH (1803-1889)
• BERKELEY, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1608-1677)

Berkeley See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county . In 1761 he served as a See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant under See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• MOULTRIE, WILLIAM (1730-1805)

Moultrie in a See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against the Cherokees . In 1775 he was a member of the South Carolina Provincial See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress; and on the 21st of See also:

• JUNE

June was commissioned See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the 2nd South Carolina See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment under W . Moultrie, with whom he served in June 1776 in the See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Fort See also:

• SULLIVAN, JOHN (1740–1795)
• SULLIVAN, SIR ARTHUR SEYMOUR (1842—1900)
• SULLIVAN, THOMAS BARRY (1824-1891)

Sullivan (Fort Moultrie), in See also:

• CHARLESTON

Charleston Harbor . In See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1776 the See also:

• CONTINENTAL

Continental Congress commissioned him a lieutenant-See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

colonel . In the autumn of 1779 he took See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• SAVANNAH

Savannah, and See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1780, under See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• BENJAMIN
• BENJAMIN, JUDAHPHILIP (1811-1884)

Benjamin See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln, was engaged in drilling See also:

• MILITIA (Fr. milice, Ger. Miliz, from Lat. miles, soldier, militia, military service)

militia . After the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of Charleston (May 12, 1780) and the defeats of General See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac Huger at See also:

• MONK (O.Eng. munuc; this with the Teutonic forms, e.g. Du. monnik, Ger. Witch, and the Romanic, e.g. Fr. moine, Ital. monacho and Span. monje, are from the Lat. monachus, adaptedfrom Gr. µovaXos, one living alone, a solitary; Own, alone)
• MONK (or MONCK), GEORGE
• MONK, JAMES HENRY (1784-1856)
• MONK, MARIA (c. 1817—1850)

Monk's Corner (Berkeley county, South Carolina) and Lieut.-Colonel See also:

• ABRAHAM, or ABRAM (Hebrew for " father is high ")

Abraham Buford at the Waxhaws (near the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Carolina See also:

• LINE

line, in what is now See also:

• LANCASTER
• LANCASTER, HOUSE OF
• LANCASTER, JOHN OF GAUNT
• LANCASTER, JOSEPH (1778-1838)
• LANCASTER, SIR JAMES (f1. 1591—1618)
• LANCASTER, THOMAS, EARL OF (c. 1277-1322)

Lancaster county), See also:

• MARION
• MARION, FRANCIS (1732-1795)
• MARION, HENRI FRANCOIS (1846-1896)

Marion organized a small See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop—which usually consisted of between 20 and 70 men—the only force then opposing the See also:

• BRITISH

British in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

Governor John See also:

• RUTLEDGE, JOHN (1739—1800)

Rutledge made him a brigadier-general of state troops, and in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1780 Marion took command of the scanty militia, See also:

• ILL

ill equipped and ill fed . With this force he was identified for almost all the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war in a See also:

• PARTISAN, or PARTIZAN

partisan warfare in which he showed himself a singularly able See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader of irregular troops . On the 20th of August he captured 150 See also:

• MARYLAND

Maryland prisoners, and about a See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score of their British guard; and in September and See also:

• OCTOBER

October repeatedly surprised larger bodies of See also:

• LOYALISTS

Loyalists or British regulars . Colonel Banastre See also:

• TARLETON, SIR BANASTRE (1754-1833)

Tarleton, sent out to capture him, despaired of finding the " old swamp See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

fox," who eluded him by following swamp paths .

When General See also:

• NATHANAEL

Nathanael See also:

• GREENE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1811-1883)
• GREENE, MAURICE (1695-1755)
• GREENE, NATHANAEL (1742-1786)
• GREENE, ROBERT (c. 1560-1592)

Greene took command in the south, Marion and Colonel See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• LEE
• LEE (or LEGIT) ROWLAND (d. 1543)
• LEE, ANN (1736–1784)
• LEE, ARTHUR (1740–1792)
• LEE, FITZHUGH (1835–1905)
• LEE, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1802-1851)
• LEE, HENRY (1756-1818)
• LEE, JAMES PRINCE (1804-1869)
• LEE, NATHANIEL (c. 1653-16g2)
• LEE, RICHARD HENRY (1732-1794)
• LEE, ROBERT EDWARD (1807–1870)
• LEE, SIDNEY (1859– )
• LEE, SOPHIA (1950-1824)
• LEE, STEPHEN DILL (1833-1908)

Lee were ordered in See also:

• JANUARY

January 1781 to attack Georgetown, but they were unsuccessful . In See also:

• APRIL

April, however, they took Fort See also:

• WATSON, RICHARD (1737-1816)
• WATSON, THOMAS (c. 1557–1592)
• WATSON, WILLIAM (1858- )
• WATSON, WILLIAM (c. 1559-1603)

Watson and in May Fort Motte, and they succeeded in breaking communications between the British posts in the Carolinas . On the 31st of August Marion rescued a small American force hemmed in by See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

Major C . See also:

• FRASER
• FRASER, ALEXANDER CAMPBELL (1819– )
• FRASER, JAMES (1818-1885)
• FRASER, JAMES BAILLIE (1783--1856)
• FRASER, SIR WILLIAM AUGUSTUS

Fraser with 500 British; and for this he received the thanks of Congress . He commanded the right wing under General Greene at Eutaw Springs . In 1782, during his See also:

• ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence as state senator at Jacksonborough, his See also:

• BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade deteriorated and there was a See also:

• CONSPIRACY (from Lat. conspirare, literally to breathe together, to agree, combine, and especially to form a secret plot)

conspiracy to turn him over to the British . In June of the same See also:

• YEAR

year he put down a Loyalist uprising on the See also:

• BANKS, GEORGE LINNAEUS (1821-1881)
• BANKS, NATHANIEL PRENTISS (1816–1894)
• BANKS, SIR JOSEPH
• BANKS, THOMAS (1735-1805)

banks of the Pedee See also:

• RIVER

river; and in August he See also:

• LEFT

left his brigade and returned to his plantation . He served several terms in the state See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

Senate, and in 1784, in recognition of his services, was made See also:

• COMMANDER

commander of Fort See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson, practically a See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title with a See also:

• SALARY

salary of £500 per annum . He died on his See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate on the 27th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1795 . Marion was small, slight and sickly-looking . As a soldier he was See also:

• QUICK

quick, watchful, resourceful and See also:

• CALM

calm, the greatest of partisan leaders in the See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter struggle in the Carolinas . See the See also:

• LIFE

Life (New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, 1844) by W .

G . See also:

• SIMMS, WILLIAM GILMORE (1806–1870)

Simms ; See also:

• EDWARD

Edward McCrady, South Carolina in the Revolution (New York, 1 o1–1902); and a careful study of Marion's ancestry and early life by " R . Y." in vols. i. and ii. of the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern and Western Monthly See also:

• MAGAZINE

Magazine and See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

Review (Charleston, 1845) .