Historical Marker for Drowning Creek

Drowning Creek the original name of Lumber River arising in NC with dangerous undercurrents, flowing past Nichols, SC, through Marion County, that was originally old Georgetown District and Liberty County. A crucial part in the defeat of the Tories in the Revolutionary War was the ability of Francis Marion, the “Swamp Fox,” to crisscross and camp along Drowning Creek with it’s swamps, using the river to the advantage of the colonists and as an important transportation and trade route for turpentine and lumber.