- Francis Marion is born in St. John's Parish, Berkeley County, South Carolina.
1747
- Francis Marion attempts to sail to the West Indies.
1753
- Francis Marion joins a militia company that does not see action in the French and Indian War.
1760
- Francis Marion serves as a lieutenant under Captain William Moultrie in the Cherokee War. June - Francis Marion valiantly leads thirty men into a known Indian ambush.
1773
- Francis Marion buys a plantation north of Eutaw Springs, South Carolina, calling it Pond's Bluff.
1775
- Francis Marion is elected to the South Carolina Provincial Congress. June 17 - Francis Marion is made Captain of the Second South Carolina Regiment. November - Francis Marion serves in Snow's Campaign against Tories.
1776 February 10 - Francis Marion is in Charleston to help with fortifying the harbor. February 22 - Francis Marion is promoted to Major. June 28 - Francis Marion commands the left side of the fort at the Battle of Fort Sullivan at Charleston, South Carolina. Noveber 23 - Francis Marion is promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
1778 September 23 - Francis Marion assumes command of the Second South Carolina Regiment
1779 October 9 - Francis Marion sees action at the (Second) Battle of Savannah, Georgia.
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