Georgia Historical Marker - Delegal's Fort - St. Simons Island, GA
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N 31° 08.135 W 081° 23.277
17R E 463016 N 3444692
The first fortification built by the British on the south end of St. Simons Island was erected near this sight in April, 1736, by soldiers of the South Carolina Independent Company under command of Lieutenant Philip Delegal.
Waymark Code: WM2135
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2007
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The first fortification built by the British on the south end of St. Simons Island was erected near this sight in April, 1736, by soldiers of the South Carolina Independent Company under command of Lieutenant Philip Delegal. Before coming to St. Simons these soldiers had been stationed at Fort Frederick, near Port Royal, South Carolina.
The fortification erected here, know as "Delegal's Fort at Sea Point", commanded the enterance to the harbor, being located "so that all ships... must pass within shot of the point."
In 1738, when a regiment of British soldiers was brought to St. Simons Island, Lieutenant Delegal and his soldiers were taken into Oglethorpe's Regiment. Fort St. Simons was then built taking the site of Delegal's Fort. Most of the area covered by this fortification has been washed away.
Erected by the Georgia Historical Commission in 1961.
Type of Marker: Fort
Marker #: 063-39
Date: 1961
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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