Marion County/Marion Courthouse
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MARION COUNTY (Front) Originally part of colonial Craven County and Georgetown District of 1769, Marion was created as Liberty County by an Act of the General Assembly in 1785. The name was changed to Marion District in 1798 and to Marion County in 1868. The present lines were established by the withdrawal of Florence County in 1888 and Dillon County in 1910.
The area is 480 square miles. MARION COURTHOUSE (Reverse) * † Reported missing in 2004. Replaced by marker 34-16. Erected in 1853 at a cost of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, this is the third structure built on this site to house the court. Restored in 1970, the original ironwork remains and each step bears the name and address of the metal worker, "Hayward Bartlett, Baltimore.
" Erected by Marion County Historical Society, 1972
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More markers in Marion
Battle of Blue Savannah
Ariel Crossroad, SC
(Front) On Sept. 3, 1780, Lt. Col. Francis Marion led his men to Port’s Ferry, south of here, where they crossed the Pee Dee River.
Confederate Navy Yard
Pee Dee, SC
The Confederacy established a navy yard ¼ mile NW about 1863 on the banks of the Great Pee Dee River.
Britton’s Neck/Britton’s Ferry
At Britton's Neck, SC
BRITTON’S NECK (Front) One of the oldest settlements in Marion County, Britton's Neck lay between Great and Little Pee Dee Rivers...
Snow’s Island
Britton's Neck, SC
During the winter of 1780-1781, General Francis Marion established his camp 1 ½ miles south of here on Snow's Island.
Moody Cemetery
Spring Branch Vicinity N Of Marion, SC
Named for the Moody family, members of whom were buried here 1883 to 1903.