Historical Marker

Fort Cumming

behind city fence on Indiana St. several blocks west of N. Main St./U. S. 27 Bus. north of downtown La Fayette ยท Walker

Georgia marker

Inscription

FORT CUMMING. Here stood a Cherokee Indian stockade with blockhouse on hill, built by U.S. Government in 1836. Capt. Samuel Fariss and a company of Georgia volunteers guarded Cherokee Indians here before their removal to the west. This fort was presumably named for Rev. David B. Cumming, Methodist minister and missionary to the Cherokees.

146-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1952

Location

Addressbehind city fence on Indiana St. several blocks west of N. Main St./U. S. 27 Bus. north of downtown La Fayette
CountyWalker
StateGeorgia
Coordinates34.704800, -85.281900

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