Fort Augusta ~ Fort Cornwallis / St. Paul's Episcopal Church

Fort Augusta ~ Fort Cornwallis / St. Paul's Episcopal Church (HM68T)

Location: Augusta, GA 30901 Richmond County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 28.531', W 81° 57.658'

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This site selected by fur traders Kennedy O`Brien and Roger de Lacy as a trading post to be nearer the Indians than Savannah Town, (in present Beech Island). To protect them and others, General Oglethorpe in 1735 built here Fort Augusta (so named after a royal Princess), maintaining a garrison until 1767. Here he met chiefs of the Chickasaws and Cherokees in 1739 to pacify them after a smallpox epidemic. In 1750, there was built the first St. Paul`s Church"under the curtain of the fort." In 1763, chiefs of the Cherokees, Creeks, Catawbas, Chickasaws and Choctaws met here with governors of Georgia, North and South Carolina and Virginia and the King`s representative and signed a treaty of peace. Again, in 1773, Cherokees and Creeks here ceded two million acres in North Georgia. During the Revolution, the British on this spot erected Fort Cornwallis, which was captured by the Americans by surprise September 14, 1780, but soon abandoned to the British. In May, 1781, an attack under General Andrew Pickens and Lieutenant Colonel " Light Horse Harry" Lee, and the use of a Mayham tower, forced surrender by the British Commander, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Brown, capitulation taking place on June 5, 1781. In 1786 fortifications removed and a new church built by the Trustees of Richmond Academy for use by all denominations. In 1818 site conveyed to Trustees of Episcopal Church, who constructed a new St. Paul`s Church, which was destroyed in the 1916 fire and replaced by the present structure.
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HM NumberHM68T
Series This marker is part of the Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission series
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Marker Number121-30
Year Placed1956
Placed ByGeorgia Historical Commission
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Date Added Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 5:09pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)17S E 410713 N 3704417
Decimal Degrees33.47551667, -81.96096667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 28.531', W 81° 57.658'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 28' 31.86" N, 81° 57' 39.48" W
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Area Code(s)706
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 113 6th St, Augusta GA 30901, US
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