Fort Cumming
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ggmorton
N 34° 42.919 W 085° 17.296
16S E 656745 N 3842807
A historic marker in Lafayette.
Waymark Code: WM2385
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/28/2007
Views: 11
Fort Cumming
Here stood a Cherokee Indian stockade with blockhouse on hill, built by U.S. Government in 1836.
Capt. Samuel Fariss and a company of Georgia volunteers guarded Cherokee Indians here before their removal to the west.
This fort was presumably named for Rev. David B. Cumming, Methodist minister and missionary to the Cherokees.
Marker #146-1
Georgia Historical Commission
1952
Type of Marker: Fort
Marker #: 146-1
Date: 1952
Sponsor: Not listed
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