Rebecca Dunahoe
Francis Marion
The Swamp Fox of Snows Island
ISBN 978-1-64114-447-6 (Paperback)
ISBN 978-1-64114-448-3 (Digital)
Copyright 2017 by Rebecca Dunahoe
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To my family of birth: my parents, Richard and Myrtle Hughes; brothers: Jack, Ned, Carroll, Arlet; my sisters: Mary Nell, Lydia Hughes.
To my family of choice: Bill Dunahoe, Eve Dunahoe Hayes, and Richard Dunahoe.
To all those who have given to me stories passed down from one generation to another by word of mouth, scraps of paper, and newspaper articles. As I searched the records in archives and history rooms, libraries, and vertical files, I found so much good information, but not all gave their sources.
Foreword
For more years then I can remember, Ive been interested in Francis Marions The Swamp Fox of Snows Island . I was raised about five miles from Snows Lake, a small lake that comes off Moody Island and Snows Island. I began in early 1980 and stored in boxes every scrap of material I could gather about my hero, Francis Marion.
When I retired, my husband, Bill W. Dunahoe, and I moved back to our hometown, Hemingway, South Carolina. Ive been working on this material for over twenty years. Some of those years I spent researching to identify some of the stories in order to give credit. Some I located; others I did not. If Ive inadvertently used others work, please contact me so that I may make corrections. Some of the material comes from vertical files with no source of identification.
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank the many persons who helped me in the preparation of this book, acknowledging that I alone am responsible for all errors or omissions. No book is the product of ones mind or ones efforts alone. Among these who merit my constant gratitude, admiration, and love and who should receive my most sincere and heartfelt appreciation are the following:
Alysia Carrigan, the compiler, who has contributed long hours of research and typing
Daniel Carrigan, Debbie Hughes, and Christine Hughes for contributing hours of typing
Eve Dunahoe Hayes and Jeanette Steward, who contributed hours of editing
Sherman Carmichael, who encouraged me to complete the work of Francis Marion,
The Swamp Fox of Snows Island
Much of this information was gathered from my brothers (Jack, Ned, Carroll, and Arlet Hughes) and also from my sisters, Lydia Wafford and Mary Milling. The hunters and fishermen also passed their stories from one generation to another. Most of my seventy first cousins were raised around Snows Island. They still hunt, fish, and camp out in that area. They also get together for Saturday cookouts, which includes eating, playing cards, and reminiscing about the past.
It is impossible to produce a large volume such as this, without the presence of errors. Much effort was put forth to eliminate them as much as possible, but errors are of a human nature. Please forgive such errors. Feel free to send corrections to: Rebecca Hughes Dunahoe, 400 North Lafayette Street, Hemingway, South Carolina 29554.
Explanations
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Colonist - any original settler or founder of a colony
Piazza - an arcaded and roofed gallery; that is, a veranda or porch
Militia ( 1a ) any military force; ( 1b ) later any army composed of citizens rather than professional soldiers called up in a time of emergency. (2) in the US, all able-bodied citizens between eighteen and forty-five years old who are not already members of the regular armed forces constitute the organized militia, all others the unorganized militia. (3) any of various disaffected groups of citizens that are organized as to resemble an army and that oppose the authority of the federal government.
Whigs - in the American Revolution, a person who opposed a continued allegiance to Great Britain and supported the revolution
Loyalist - in the American Revolution, a colonist who is loyal to the British government
Brigade - a large group of soldiers
Garrison - Troops stationed in a fort or fortified place
Tory/Tories - in the American Revolution, a person who advocated or actively supported continued allegiance to the British government
Redcoats - A British soldier in uniform with a red coat as to the American Revolution
Periauger - a large boat
Redoubt - a stronghold within a fortification
Ranger - a keeper, guardian, or soldier who ranges over a region (generally of wilderness) to protect the area or enforce the law
Dragoons - a member of any of several cavalry regiments in the British army
Francis Marion: The Swamp Fox of Snows Islands Ancestors
Francis Marions grandfather, Gabriel Marion, had fled the cruel persecutions of Louis XIV. Gabriel Marion and his family belonged to the sect of religious dissenters that bore the name of Huguenots (a supporter of any protestant in reference to the Calvinist Reform; any French protestant of the sixteenth or seventeenth century).They fled France and were received by England. They left England to come to the new world of America about twenty years after the first settlement of Britain in the province of South Carolina. They settled along Santee River about forty miles north of Charleston and about twenty miles south of what is now the seaport of Georgetown. Take a look in the early history of the Swamp Fox. His grandparents, Gabriel and Louisa, left their countries, France and England, for the sake of their religious freedom. His will shows him free. He appears to have been of a cheerful sort, not with gloom, but a happy Christian with a heart of joy.
His Will
I bequeath my soul to God who gave it, and my body back to the Earth in which it was taken. In the first place, as to debts, thank God, I owe none. And therefore shall I give my executors but little trouble on that score. Secondly, as to the poor, I have always treated them as my brethren. My dear family will, I know, follow my example. Thirdly, as to the wealth with which God has been pleased to bless me and dear Louisa and children, lovingly we have labored together for it, lovingly we have enjoyed it and now, with a glad and grateful heart, do I leave it among them.
I give liberally to my children; but far more to my wife. I give my ever-beloved wife, Louisa, all my ready money that she may never be alarmed at a sudden call. I give her all my fat calves and lambs, my pigs, and poultry that she may always keep a good table. I give her my new carriage and horses that she may visit her friends in comfort. I give her my family Bible that she may live above the ill tempers and sorrows in life.
Marion Gabriels oldest son was also named Gabriel. He married Miss Charlotte Cordes of French extraction. They had six childrenGabriel, Esther, Isaac, Benjamin, Job, and Marion. Marions Gabriels son, Gabriel, was the father of Francis Marion. Francis Marion was born on January 22, 1732.
