Northern Georgia

Last Update: 19/APRIL/2008

Compiled by Pete Payette - Š2008 American Forts Network

Fort Hoskins
(Cherokee Removal Forts)
(1830's), Murray County
Used for the Cherokee Removals. Undetermined location. No remains.

Fort Mountain (State Park) ?
(unknown), near Chatsworth
An ancient Native American-built (?) 855-foot rock wall atop the mountain. One proposed theory is that it was built by Hernando DeSoto in July 1540.

Fort Gilmer (1)
(Cherokee Removal Forts)
(1838), near Carters
Used for the Cherokee Removals. Previously Camp Gilmer. No remains. A state marker locates the site four miles north of town on Old US 411.

Fort Hetzel
(Cherokee Removal Forts)
(1835 ? - 1838), East Ellijay
A stockade used for the Cherokee Removals. No remains.

Fort Newnan
(Cherokee Removal Forts)
(1830's), Talking Rock
Used for the Cherokee Removals. Also called Talking Rock Fort. No remains.

Fort Buffington
(Cherokee Removal Forts)
(1838), Buffington
A stockade used for the Cherokee Removals. No remains. A state marker locates the site at Buffington Elementary School.

Fort Sixes
(Cherokee Removal Forts)
(1830 - unknown), Cherokee County
Used for the Cherokee Removals. Previously called Camp Hinar Sixes. This was the first removal fort built in this state. No remains.

Fort Campbell
(Cherokee Removal Forts)
(1830's), Forsyth County
Used for the Cherokee Removals. Undetermined location. No remains.

Fort Scudders
(Cherokee Removal Forts)
(1830's), Frogtown
Used for the Cherokee Removals. Also called Fort Eaton. No remains. Located in Forsyth County.

Fort Dahlonega
(Cherokee Removal Forts)
(1835 ? - 1838), Dahlonega
Used for the Cherokee Removals. Also called Fort Embry and Fort Lumpkin (2). No remains.

Fort Chastain
(Cherokee Removal Forts)
(1830's), Towns County
Used for the Cherokee Removals. Undetermined location. No remains.

Col. William Wofford's Station
(1793 - 1796), Carnesville
A settlers' fort, later renamed Fort Carnes when used by the GA state militia.

Jacob Hollingsworth's Fort
(1793 - unknown), Hollingsworth
A settlers' fort. The house was acquired by the White family in 1860 and modified. Still extant, the "White House" is located on Wynn Lake Road.

Fort Daniel
(1813 or 1814), Hog Mountain
A Federal stockade used as a depot and staging area during the Creek War. A state marker locates the site one half mile south of the junction of GA 124 and GA 324.

Fort Yargo (State Park)
(1792 - unknown), Winder
One of four settlers' blockhouses which were built to guard against the Creek Indians.

Talassee Fort
(1793 - unknown), unknown location
A settlers' fort.

Thomocoggan Fort
(1793 - unknown), Jefferson
A settlers' fort.

Groaning Rock Fort
(1793 - unknown), Commerce
A settlers' fort.

Fort Lamar
(1790's ?), Fort Lamar
A settlers' fort.

Camp Haskell (2)
(1860's), Athens
A CSA training camp.

Of interest in town at the Clarke County Courthouse is the unique 1862 "Double Barreled Cannon".

Camp at Athens
(1898), Athens
A Spanish-American War training camp for Regular Army troops. Possibly known as Camp Haskell (4).

Fort Edwards
(1789 - 1801), Watkinsville
A blockhouse constructed for defense against the Cherokee. Became the Eagle Hotel in 1801, and still exists near the courthouse.

Fort James (1)
(1775 - 1781 ?), Elbert County
A GA colonial miltia stockade, about one-acre in area, with four bastions and a blockhouse, enclosing a commandant's house, barracks, and Officers' quarters. Held by Loyalists until 1776. Located at the confluence of the Broad and Savannah Rivers. The town here was originally named Dartmouth, renamed Petersburg in 1786. The exact site, now within Bobby Brown State Park, is most probably under the waters of J. Strom Thurmond (Clark's Hill) Lake.

NEED MORE INFO: Garrison Creek in Banks County.
Towns: Fort Smith north of Dahlonega.

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