Montpelier-GHM 005-7-Baldwin Co
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Sprinterman
N 33° 04.808 W 083° 09.843
17S E 298006 N 3662253
Ga 22/24 just west of where they split, east of Oconee River
Waymark Code: WM70Q6
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 08/15/2009
Views: 4
This church is named Montpelier after Fort Montpelier of 1794, 1/2 mi. below here down the Oconee. This fort & others were built during the Creek Indian troubles. Capt. Jonas Fouche was ordered to guard the Ga. frontier from the mouth of the Tugaloo to Fort Fidius on the Oconee. 200 militia cavalry & infantry raised under Gov. Telfair were placed under the command of Maj. Gaithr, Federal commandant. A note on Fouche´s map reads: ´As it is 40 mi. from Fort Twiggs to Mount Pelah where Maj. Gaither lises on garrison, it is recommended that a public station might be created by the Government (at Cedar Shoals)´.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 005-7
Date: 1996
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER
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