The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section D, Page 3 MARION COUNTY CREATED IN DECEMBER OF 1818 Marion County was created as one of the counties of the Alabama Territory 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 to the Warrior River to a point north of Tuscaloosa, then in the northwest direction to the southern boundary of Franklin County, then west of the Tombigbee River. 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 of the southeastern corner of Lawrence County or all the territory west 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.