The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section D, Page 9 MARION COUNTY MANY YEARS OLD One hundred and forty years ago Marion County was created as one of the counties of the Alabama Territory. This was done on December 13, 1818. When first created, the county included all the territory east of the headwaters of the Tombigbee River from its source near the Franklin County line, to a point of northern Clark County on this river. Then it extended up the Warrior River to a point north of Tuscaloosa, then in a northwest direction to the southern boundary of Franklin County, then west of the Tombigbee River. This included the present counties of Lamar, Pickens, part of Tuscaloosa, Green, Sumpter, part of Coctaw, Fayette, Walker and Winston counties. The present towns included in this area were: Aberdeen, Columbus, Vernon, Carellton, Eutaw, Fayette, Cordova, Carbon Hill, Jasper, Double Springs, and Haleyville. In 1820 the legislature changed the boundaries from a line near Columbus, Mississippi, east to the Warrior River and to the Jefferson County line, then north to the southeastern corner of Lawrence County, or all the territory west of Blount County. (At that time Cullman County was a part of Blount County). The county was further reduced in size in 1824 by the formation of Fayette and Walker Counties, in 1850 by Winston and in 1866 by the formation of Lamar County. The county was named from General Francis Marion of South Carolina. In the Revolutionary War he was known as the "Swamp Fox."