Founding of Fort Gaines
Historical Marker
Located on Ga. 39 north of Fort Gaines at
East Bank Area on Lake Walter George
(Text)
FOUNDING OF
FORT GAINES
A military garrison, later
named Fort Gaines, was established on the Chattahoochee River
in 1814 to patrol the buffer against the British and hostile
Indians created by the land ceded in the Treaty of Fort Jackson.
Benjamin Hawkins, venerable Indian agent to the southern tribes,
and troops commanded by Coweta Chief William McIntosh had the
task of enforcing General jackson's prohibition of any Indian
entering the newly acquired territory. His orders were that "all
persons carrying and bringing lies" to the British would
be shot. He believed Oketeyeconne and Hitchiti towns near here
were havens for spies.
ERECTED BY THE
HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE
COMMISSION AND THE
FORT GAINES
HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1939
[This marker is side 2
of the 1814
Boundary Historical Marker]
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