Clarendon County · Marker 14-05
Revolutionary Skirmish Near Tearcoat Branch
Brewington Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 14-50), .9 mile N of I-95
Front inscription
On the night of October 25, 1780, Col. Francis Marion with 150 men surprised and completely routed 200 Tories under Col. Samuel Tynes near here. Marion's forces suffered no casualties. With the dispersion of Tynes's troops, Lord Cornwallis became apprehensive of losing British supplies on the Santee River.