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Beene, Patsy B.Randal Rust2017-11-11T14:39:59+00:00

Patsy B. Beene

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Marion County

Marion County, located in the southern part of the Cumberland Plateau and the Sequatchie Valley, encompasses five hundred square miles. Established in 1817 out of Cherokee lands, the county was named for General Francis Marion, a Revolutionary War leader in…

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