Marion is a town in Wayne County, New York, United States. The population was 4,746 as of the 2010 census. It is named after Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion. It is an interior town near the center of the county, approximately 20 miles east of Rochester, New York and 50 miles west of Syracuse.
The Ezra T. Phelps Farm Complex is a good example of Marion's long history with agriculture.
Brigadier General Francis Marion, also known as the "Swamp Fox", was an American military officer, slaveowning planter, and politician who served during the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War. During the American Revolution, Marion supported the Patriot cause and enlisted in the Continental Army, fighting against British forces in the Southern theater of the American Revolutionary War from 1780 to 1781.
Francis Marion
General Marion Inviting a British Officer to Share His Meal by John Blake White; his slave Oscar Marion kneels at the left of the group.
A portrait of Banastre Tarleton.
The Francis Marion Park is located in front of the Harborwalk in Georgetown, South Carolina.