Fort Barrington 095-2 - Long County, GA
N 31° 34.619 W 081° 34.013
17R E 446210 N 3493688
The "Fort Barrington 095-2" Historical Marker is located on GA 57 at the Long County/McIntosh County line.
Waymark Code: WM3JMP
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 04/12/2008
Views: 17
The marker reads:
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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, Lietenant 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.
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Georgia Historical Commission
1954"
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 095-2
Date: 1954
Sponsor: Not listed
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