14/16 In 1758 he was planting with his mother and brother Gabriel, near Friersons Lock on the Santee Canal. Gabriel removed to Belle Isle--the place where the mortal remains of Francis Marion now repose--while the latter settled at a place called Pond Bluff in the Parish of St.John.* This place he continued to hold during life. It is still pointed out to the traveller as Marion's plantation, and is the more remarkable, as it lies within cannon shot of the battle ground of Eutaw, which his valor and conduct contributed to render so justly famous in the history of his native state. During this long period of repose--the interval between his shipwreck, and removal to Pond Bluff,--we are only left to conjecture his employments. |