Last updated: January 13, 2023
Place
Fort Gilmer, the Trail of Tears
Quick Facts
Location:
Near Old US Highway 411 four miles north of Carter’s Lake, Murray County, Georgia
Significance:
One of the forts where Native Americans were captured and held before the forced removal from Georgia.
Historic Military post during the Removal, Fort Gilmer stood on the Federal Road near the Cherokee town of Coosawattee, in what is now Murray County Georgia. Coosawattee was one of the largest, most populous, and longest-occupied towns in the Cherokee Nation, which led to the Fort's establishment in the area before the Removal. Fort Gilmer was named after Georgia Govenor George Gilmer.
Fort Gilmer was constructed in 1838 along with several other forts along the path that would become the Trail of Tears to capture and hold refugee Native Americans before their forced removal from Georgia.
Site Information
Location (Near Old US Highway 411, four miles north of Carter’s Lake, Murray County, Georgia)
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