Clarendon County · Marker 14-07

Revolutionary Skirmish Near Wyboo Swamp

S.C. Sec. Rd. 14-410, 1.1. mi. W of its intersection with S.C. Hwy. 260, S of Manning near Lake Marion Dam

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During Francis Marion's 1781 campaign to drive the British from the Pee Dee, he and his men clashed near here in March with British and Tory forces numbering more than 500 men. During the Wyboo skirmish, a Marion private, Gavin James, single-handedly held back an enemy advance. Marion's men finally dispersed the British and Tories.

County
Clarendon
Region
Midlands
City or vicinity
Manning
Year approved
1980
Erected by
Clarendon County Historical Commission
Coordinates
33.539467, -80.216667

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