412 MARION COUNTY. 



sionary Baptists, Episcopalians, and Presbyterians. In some 

 neighbouriioods there are good schools, and we are happy to 

 hear that the interest in education is constantly increasing. 



Character of the People, Amusements. — The citizens 

 of this section of the State are orderly and moral. The chief 

 amusement is hunting. 



Manufactures, Mills. — At Tazewell is a wool-carding 

 establishment, which does a good business ; two merchant- 

 mills ; ten saw-mills ; eight grist-mills. 



Mounds. — There are several mounds. The most re- 

 markable are on Col. Brown's plantation. 



Climate, Diseases, Longevity. — The climate is healthy. 



Some fevers and chills occur on the water-courses in the fall. 



There are a few persons in the county over 80 years of 



' age; George Buchanan and John Mayo were 81 at their 



death. 



Value of Town Lots. — The value of town lots is $7,404. 

 Value of stock in trade, $10,650. Money at interest, $32,475. 



Name. — General Francis Marion, after whom this county 

 received its name, was born at Winyaw, near Georgetown, 

 South Carolina, in 1732. It does not appear that he received 

 any thing more than a plain English education. At the 

 age of 16 he went to sea in a small vessel bound for the 

 West Indies. Whilst on the voyage, 'the vessel foundered, 

 and the crew, consisting of six persons, were compelled to 

 take the boat, and after enduring incredible hardships, Ma- 

 rion with three of the crew reached land. This disaster 

 changed his wish to become a seaman, and he spent thirteen 

 years in the cultivation of the soil. In 1761 he volunteered 

 in an expedition against the Cherokees, first under the com- 

 mand of his brother, and afterwards as Lieutenant under Cap- 

 tain Moultrie. During this campaign, he led the forlorn hope 

 at the battle of Elchoee, and displayed on that bloody occa- 

 sion a firmness and skill which laid the foundation of that 

 reputation which he afterwards gained. At the close of the 

 Cherokee war, he resumed his agricultural labours, where he 

 continued until 1775, when he was returned to the Provincial 

 Assembly of South Carolina, as a member from St. John's 

 Berkeley. This body resolved to risk every thing in defence 



