Fort Gilmer-GHM-105-2-Murray County
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Sprinterman
N 34° 39.661 W 084° 42.555
16S E 709913 N 3837839
Old US 411 4 miles north of Carters and south of Chatsworth
Waymark Code: WM4P1H
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2008
Views: 6
One hundred yards east is the site of Fort Gilmer, built in 1838 to garrison U.S. troops ordered to enforce the removal from this region of the last Cherokee Indians under terms of the New Echota treaty of 1833.
One of seven such forts erected in the Cherokee territory, Gilmer was the temporary headquarters of Gen. Winfield Scott, under whose command the removal was effected. The reluctant Indians were brought here and guarded until the westward march began.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 105-2
Date: 1953
Sponsor: Not listed
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