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In May 1836 the local militia threw up a small fort here as Creek warriors rose at nearby Roanoke; steamers carried fleeing families downriver, but the uprising, one of the Creeks' last before removal west, was quelled before reaching town.
The 1836 Fort is a historical marker in Fort Gaines, Clay County, erected in 1996. It is one of 19 historical markers documented in Clay County, among 63 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 31.6059, -85.0548 near Fort Gaines. The nearest cataloged historic site is In the Confederacy (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include The Old Lattice Bridge, Fort Gaines, and Site of Fort Gaines Female College.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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