Colonists' Crossing State Historical Marker

Located on Ga. 72 About One Mile West of the Savannah River

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COLONISTS' CROSSING

8 mi.

"The Point," where early settlers crossed

into Georgia, is eight miles east of here.

As soon as this are was ceded, Governor

Wright opened a post at the confluence of

the Broad and Savannah Rivers, known as Fort

James. "The Point" became the gateway for

settlers from Virginia, North Carolina and

South Carolina who registered there and

secured their tracts of land. A land court

at Dartmouth, which grew up around the fort,

was held from September 1773 through June

1775 to open this section. In 1777 all this

ceded land was, by the State Constitution,

created into Wilkes County.

052-6 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1957

Photo: Ed Jackson

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