COUNTY ORGANIZED: 1860

COUNTY NAMED FOR: American Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion, the "Swamp Fox."

COUNTY SEATS: One - Jefferson.

COUNTY SEAT NAMED FOR: President Thomas Jefferson.

COURTHOUSES: Two - 1874 and 1912. The 1874 courthouse was used as a public school sometime after the newer building was completed, but it burned in 1937.

STANDING: One -1912 Texas Renaissance courthouse built of brick.