Middleburg in Clay County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Fort Heilman

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 2, 2017

1. Fort Heilman Marker

Inscription. Fort Heilman, named after Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Julius F. Heilman, was built in the mid 1830´s at the spot where the north and south forks of Black Creek join. It was a temporary wooden stockade used during the First Seminole War as a quartermaster work shop and storage depot. Clustered around the stockade were the log huts of the small village of Garey´s Ferry. When the Indian wars ended the fort was abandoned.

Erected 1961 by Florida Board of Parks and Historic Memorials. (Marker Number F-58.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Patriots & Patriotism • Wars, US Indian.

Location. 30° 4.376′ N, 81° 51.871′ W. Marker is in Middleburg, Florida, in Clay County. It is at the intersection of Blanding Boulevard (Florida Route 21) and Scenic Drive, on the right when traveling north on Blanding Boulevard. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2465 Blanding Blvd, Middleburg FL 32068, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in First Coast

and in Greater Jacksonville.

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It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Middleburg Methodist Church (approx. 0.3 miles away); Middleburg (approx. 0.4 miles away); Thompson - Chalker Docks (approx. 0.4 miles away); General Roy Stanley Geiger, United States Marine Corps (approx. 0.8 miles away); Town of Penney Farms 1927 (approx. 7.2 miles away); Mary Helen Hoff Memorial Avenue (approx. 7.2 miles away); Camp Chowenwaw (approx. 9.3 miles away); Camp Blanding (approx. 9.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Middleburg.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Lynyrd Skynyrd Hell House Site (was approx. 8.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).

Photographed by Brandon D Cross, April 2, 2017

2. Fort Heilman Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 11, 2017. It was originally submitted on April 2, 2017, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 2,051 times since then and 123 times this year. Last updated on April 10, 2017, by Byron Hooks of Sandy Springs, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 2, 2017, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.