Gravestone Francis Marion is buried at Belle Isle Plantation Cemetery, Berkeley County, South Carolina. The bronze plaque on his gravestone reads:[22] Sacred to the memory of GEN. FRANCIS MARION, who departed this life on the 27th February 1795 in the sixty-third year of his age deeply regretted by all his fellow-citizens. History will record his worth and rising generations embalm his memory as one of the most distinguished PATRIOTS AND HEROES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION which elevated his native country to honor and independence and secured to her the blessings of liberty and peace. This tribute of veneration and gratitude is erected in commemoration of the noble and disinterested virtues of the citizen and the gallant exploits of the soldier who lived without fear and died without reproach.
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 00:00:00 +0000
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