Founding of Fort Gaines - HCC - Clay County.,Ga.
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N 31° 38.036 W 085° 02.645
16R E 685493 N 3501522
Locaten on Ga 39 N of Fort Gaines at East Bank Area, Lake W. F. George
Waymark Code: WM8W24
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2010
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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.
Type of Marker: Highway
Sponsor: Historic Chattahoochee Comission and the Fort Gaines High School Class Of 1939
Marker #: Not listed
Date: Not listed
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