Marion County Courthouse

This is Marion County's fourth courthouse and the second at this site. The cornerstone was laid on July 4, 1884. Costing $115,000, it was completed in 1885 by contractors Leffler and Bland. In 1973 the courthouse was placed on the ...

Marion Township Veterans Memorial

In honor of all citizens

of Marion Township

who served their country

"I have fought a good fight,

I have finished my course,

I have kept the faith."

II Timothy 4:7

Marker is on Main Street near Scharff Road, on the left when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Marion A. Munson Memorial Park

This tablet is erected in grateful recognition of the generosity and public spirit of William J. Munson who gave this park to Watertown in memory of his wife.

Marker can be reached from DeForest Street (U.S. 6) 0.1 miles west of ...

Marion

Marion, incorporated in 1816, was the first county seat of Twiggs County. Named for General Francis Marion, the Revolutionary “Swamp Fox”, it was a trading center and metropolis in ante bellum days. Its decline began when residents refused to accept ...

Marion Depot

This one-story brick passenger depot, typical of the period, was built in 1908 for the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The first railroad through Marion was the Wilmington & Manchester Railroad, completed here in 1854 and later incorporated into the Atlantic ...

Francis Marion

The Swamp Fox

Born St. John’s Parish, S. C., 1732. Died February 27, 1795. Buried Belle Isle Plantation, Berkeley County, S. C.

1759 — French and Indian War

1761 — Cherokee Uprising

1775 — Captain, 2nd S. C. Regiment

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Marion at Port’s Ferry / Asbury at Port’s Ferry

Marion at Port’s Ferry. Port’s Ferry, 3 miles NE on the Pee Dee, was owned and operated by Frances Port (c. 1725–1812), widow of Thomas Port, who was a member of the Provincial Congress from Prince Frederick’s Parish. This was ...

Fort Marion

In 1821, the United States assumed control of Florida and federal troops occupied the fort. It was renamed Ft. Marion, for the Revolutionary war hero Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox."

In order to modernize the fort's defensives, the east portion of ...

Marion Steam Shovel

The Marion Steam Shovel Company built the primary tools for America's civil engineering for more than 100 years. Founded in 1884 by Henry M. Barnhart, George W. King, and Edward Huber, the company's patent steam shovels helped revolutionize railway and ...

Dr. J. Marion Sims

This tablet marks the site of the office and infirmary of

DR. J. MARION SIMS

Here, in 1845, he performed the first closure of a vesico-vaginal fistula with wire suture, using a pewter spoon as speculum. This operation made him famous throughout ...