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Fort Barrington Historical Marker
- Fort Barrington State Historical
Marker
- Located on Ga. 57 approx. several yards from the
McIntosh County line and 3.7 miles north of Townsend, Ga.
(Text)
- FORT BARRINGTON
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Approximately ten miles west of
here on the banks of the Altamaha River stood fort Barrington,
a stronghold whose origin dates back to earliest Colonial times.
It was built as a defense against the Spaniards and Indians and
was called Fort Barrington in honor of a friend and kinsman of
General James Edward Oglethorpe, lieutenant Colonel Josiah Barrington.
This gentleman, a scion of the English nobility, was a large
landowner in Georgia, whose home was just east of Barrington
Ferry on San Savilla Bluff. Fort Barrington, which was twelve
miles northwest of the town of Darien was renamed Fort Howe during
the Revolution as it fell into the hands of the British.
The fort long ago ceased to exist,
but the old military road which formerly ran between Savannah
and fort Barrington is still known as the Old Barrington Road.
Barrington Ferry, important ferry since colonial Days, was in
use until the early years of the Twentieth Century.
095-2 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1954
[Note: This marker is
located in Long County, 12-15 feet from the McIntosh County line.
Apparently, the Georgia Historical Commission thought it was
in McIntosh County and incorrectly used a marker number for McIntosh
County.]
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