Historical Marker

Trading with the British 1690-1715

Macon · Bibb County

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The Story

Around 1690 English traders from Charleston built a stockaded post here to exchange guns and goods for Creek deerskins. The lucrative but exploitative trade collapsed when the Yamasee War erupted in 1715 and the post was destroyed.

About this site

Trading with the British 1690-1715 is a historical marker in Macon, Bibb County. It is one of 88 historical markers documented in Bibb County, among 199 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.8387, -83.6072 near Macon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Muscogee (Creek) 1600-1826 (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park, Paleo Indian Period 15000 B.C.E. - 8000 B.C.E., and Ocmulgee National Monument.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.8387, -83.6072 · Macon, Bibb County

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