Historical Significance:

This is the final resting place of Brigadier General Francis Marion who kept the American Revolution alive from 1780 to late 1781 while General Washington's Army regathered its strength and the French Navy joined the American efforts for Independence. The South Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution have 4 bronze plaques placed in 1931 at the entrance of the Belle Isle Plantation and at the Cemetery Gate. General Francis Marion and his wife Mary Esther Videau Marion. Other lateral family members are also buried here. (Wording from the General Marion's Brigade Chapter, NSDAR property form.)