John McCord "Swamp Fox" Pistol

John McCord pistol, said to have been carried by him while serving with "The Swamp Fox" Francis Marion during the Revolutionary War in the South. John McCord operated in the Pee Dee River in South Carolina with Marion.

South Carolina Major General Francis Marion is famous for his highly successful guerilla warfare against the British in South Carolina in which he and his men made "hit and Run"attacks against British troops. Marion and his men would disappear into the South Carolina swamps where they could not be found.

Photo supplied by Robert Weil.