aka Fair Lawn Plantation.

Near Moncks Corner, British Maj. Thomas Fraser with more than one hundred cavalry and dragoons confidently charged a mixed infantry and cavalry force under Brig. Gen. Marion's command. The British lost one captain killed, three enlisted killed, several wounded, and one captured by Brig. Gen. Marion's men. Patriot losses were nil. This was Brig. Gen. Marion's last engagement against the Royal Dragoons under Maj. Thomas Fraser.

Brig. Gen. Marion had finished with Georgetown and had returned to his post near the Cooper River, the house of Loyalist John Colleton on the south side of the Wadboo River.

When Brig. Gen. Marion learned of the approaching foraging party his cavalry was patrolling down the Wadboo River looking for British galleys. He organized a small force under Capt. Gavin Witherspoon and sent him to find Maj. Fraser's foraging party. Then, he put his infantry into a line of battle. Part was assigned to the side of a cedar lined road in an ambush position. The rest was placed in and around the slave cabins on a nearby plantation.

Brig. Gen. Marion did not totally trust all of his men. Joining him for the first time was Maj. Micajah Gainey and forty of his men, all who had recently "converted" from Loyalist to Patriot due to a recent agreement at Bowling Green.

Maj. Fraser approached Marion's position and was able to capture some of Marion's pickets. He then detected Capt. Witherspoon in the woods and immediately charged. Capt. Witherspoon and his men turned back toward Fair Lawn Plantation at a full gallop. As Capt. Witherspoon and his mounted men neared the plantation, they fell behind in the ambush kill zone to let the Loyalist cavalry catch up. As he waited, a Loyalist dragoon darted forward prepared to strike Capt. Witherspoon with his sword. Capt. Witherspoon calmly brought up his carbine and fired buckshot into the man's chest.

As Maj. Fraser's dragoons came within thirty yards of the ambush site, Marion's hidden men shouted a cheer and fired a volley. Maj. Fraser tried to rally his men but they were being cut down on both sides of the road. The Loyalists lingered around the plantation for an hour looking for an advantage, but Brig. Gen. Marion had planned too well. During the skirmish, a wagon full of ammunition was lost and Marion's men were low on ammo. He gave the order to retreat to the Santee River. This would be Brig. Gen. Francis Marion's last fight.

Marion was later asked to strike at British foraging parties coming out of Charleston, but he guarded the British insead as they looked for food. He said, "My Brigade is composed of citizens, enough of whose blood has been shed already. If ordered to attack the enemy, I shall obey; but with my consent, not another life shall be lost, though the event that the enemy are on the eve of departure, so far from offering to molest, I would rather send a party to protect them."

Brig. Gen. Francis Marion - Commanding Officer

Berkeley County Regiment detachment of one (1) known company, led by:
- Capt. Gavin Witherspoon

Maj. Micajah Gainey with 40 men

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Maj. Thomas Fraser - Commanding Officer

SC Royalists led by Maj. Thomas Fraser with 100 men, including Capt. George Dawkins

Campbell's Troop of Light Dragoons led by Lt. Stephen Jarvis

NC Independent Dragoons led by Capt. Robert Gillies with 60 men, including Lt. Dougald Cockburg

Independent Troop of Black Dragoons led by "Unknown"