His grandfather and his two great-grandfathers had fought in the American Revolutionary War under Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox" guerrilla leader.
One account says that the swamp got its name during the American Revolutionary War from Colonel Banastre Tarleton because the British had great difficulty finding the elusive General Francis Marion.
Campbell played college football for the Georgia Bulldogs from 1949 until 1951, where he was appropriately nicknamed "Swamp Fox".
The village was laid out by John Park in 1841 and named Marion after the Revolutionary War hero General Francis Marion.
However, four years later it was renamed Marion County, in honor Brigadier General Francis Marion, the famous "Swamp Fox" and a hero of the American Revolutionary War.
It was named after the former town of Marion which in turn was named after Francis Marion.
The township was probably named for Francis Marion, a general in the American Revolutionary War who was also known as the Swamp Fox.
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On September 3, 1849, the territorial legislature renamed it in honor of Francis Marion, a Continental Army general of the American Revolutionary War.