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DAVIDSON - DAVISON FAMILY RESOURCE
FORTS OF GEORGIA
have a copy of a couple of books on place names in Georgia. I am in the
process of trying to compile a list for the GAGenWeb page. Here is a list
of the Forts and their counties and date built or established if known (the
ones in the 1830s were indian stockades built to hold Cherokee and others
before they were resettled west):
Fort Advance Baldwin 1794
Fort Alert Charlton
Fort Argyle Bryan 1733
Fort Augusta Richmond 1736
Fort Barrington McIntosh 1760 (later called Fort Howe)
Fort Bartow Chatham
Fort Benning Chattahoochee 1917
Fort Brown Chatham Civil war
Fort Buffington Cherokee
Fort Cedartown Polk 1830s
Fort Chastain Towns 1830s
Fort Cockspur Chatham by 1764
Fort Cornwallis Richmond erected by British
Fort Cummings Walker 1836
Fort Dahlonega Lumpkin 1830s
Fort Daniel Gwinnett 1813
Fort Darien McIntosh aft 1736
Fort Dearborn Clinch 1830s
Fort Defense Wayne Rev. War
Fort Defiance Baldwin by Elijah Clarke
Fort Deposit Dawson 1818
Fort Early Dooly/Crisp 1812
Fort Ebenezer Effingham 1757
Fort Edwards Oconee 1789
Fort Erwin Washington by Jared Irwin
Fort Fidius Baldwin 1793
Fort Floyd nr Okefenokee 1838
Swamp
Fort Frederica Glynn 1736
Fort Frogtown White 1838
Fort Gaines Clay 1814
Fort Galphin Richmond? erected by British
Fort George Chatham 1761
Fort Gillem Clayton 1974
Fort Gilmer Clinch
Fort Gilmer Fulton orig. name for Fort Peachtree
Fort Gilmer Gilmer 1836
Fort Gordon Richmond
Fort Greene Pulaski destroyed 1804
Fort Grierson Richmond Rev. War
Fort Halifax Chatham 1759
Fort Hawkins Bibb 1806
Fort Heard Wilkes 1774
Fort Heitzel Gilmer 1830s
Fort Hill Dougherty
Fort Howe McIntosh 1777
Fort Hughes Decatur 1700s
Fort Jackson Chatham 1808 (on site of Mud Fort, built 1778)
Fort James Elbert c1776
Fort Jones Stewart c1837
Fort King George McIntosh 1721
Fort Lamar Madison
Fort Lawrence Taylor c1804
Fort Lawton Jenkins 1864 (POW camp)
Fort McAllister Bryan 1861
Fort McIntosh Camden 1777
Fort McPherson Fulton 1867
Fort McCreary Stewart bef 1836
Fort Massachusetts Baldwin 1791
Fort Mathews Clarke 1793
Fort Mitchell Russell, AL 1813
Fort Montpelier Baldwin 1794
Fort Morris Liberty 1776
Fort Mountain Murray c1530 (Indian?)
Fort Mudge Brantley
Fort Mudge Pierce
Fort Nell Greene
Fort Oglethorpe Bibb Civil War
Fort Oglethorpe Catoosa 1902
Fort Peachtree Fulton 1814
Fort Perry Marion 1813
Fort Pickering Charlton c1812
Fort Pond Pulaski lake named for Fort Greene
Fort Prince William Camden 1740
Fort Pulaski Chatham c1829
Fort Recovery Decatur 1817
Fort Romulos Monroe sited, but never built
Fort St. Andrew Camden 1736
Fort St. Simon Glynn 1738
Fort Scott Decatur 1816
Fort Screven Chatham 1875
Fort Steward Bryan, Evans, Liberty & Long
Fort Sunbury Liberty 1776 (aka Fort Morris)
Fort Swamp McIntosh mid 1700s
Fort Tattnall Clinch 1838
Fort Telfair Long 1776 (also called Beards Bluff Fort)
Fort Tonyn at Scrubby Bluff on St. Mary's River Rev War
Fort Twiggs Hancock 1793
Fort Tybee Chatham c1779
Fort Tyler Troup Civil War
Fort Uchee Screven bef 1742
Fort Valley Peach/Houston
Fort Walker Fulton Civil War
Fort Walker on Chepucky Island
Fort Washington Wilkes
Fort Wayne Chatham 1759 (orig Fort Savannah)
Fort Wilkinson Baldwin 1797
Fort William Camden 1740
Fort Wimberley Chatham 1741
Fort Winston Baldwin 1794
Fort Wormsloe Chatham 1735
Fort Wrightsboro McDuffie Rev. War
Fort Yargo Barrow 1790s