Just for your enjoyment , while browsing on the Tn Blue Book page I ran across this information at this address http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bluebook/countys.htm It list the orgin of the names for all the counties but thoguht you might find this one in paticular interesting "Marion County Created 1817 from Indian lands; named in honor of Francis Marion (1732-1795), continental and Revolutionary War officer whose guerilla tactics in the Revolutionary War won him the title �Swamp Fox.�" Betty McBee fkm@usurf.com or macbetty@worldshare.net