Cusseta in Chambers County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Fort Cusseta

Chambers County

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 8, 2014

1. Fort Cusseta Marker

Inscription. Following the signing of the Creek Treaty in 1832, the early white settlers constructed a 16 by 30 foot hand hewn log fort for protection against a possible Indian uprising from Cussetaw Indian Village on Osanippa Creek just north of here. Walls of the fort were 4 and 6 feet high, with portholes at height of 4 feet, still visible after 140 years. Last known fort of its kind in Southeast.

Erected 1978 by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1832.

Location. 32° 47.075′ N, 85° 18.339′ W. Marker is in Cusseta, Alabama, in Chambers County. It is at the intersection of Martin Luther King Drive (County Road 83) and County Road 82, on the right when traveling south on Martin Luther King Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cusseta AL 36852, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Alabama. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid / Pat Garrett, "The Man Who Shot Billy the Kid" (approx. 3.1 miles away); Shady Grove Christian Church (approx. 6.3 miles away); Bean's Mill

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(approx. 6.4 miles away); Providence Baptist Church (approx. 6.8 miles away); Fairfax First Christian Church (approx. 6.9 miles away); Fairfax Kindergarten (approx. 6.9 miles away); Armed Forces Tribute (approx. 7 miles away); Oak Bowery (approx. 8 miles away).

Also see . . . Fort Cusseta Historic Site. (Submitted on February 8, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Additional commentary.
1. Former fort and covering building no longer there.
The fort ruins were sheltered beneath a metal shed built many years ago to protect them from the elements. Screened windows allowed viewing of the original heavy timbers that were hewn and notched more than 170 years ago.

— Submitted August 2, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.

Fort Cusseta Marker Area image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 8, 2014

2. Fort Cusseta Marker Area

Fort Cusseta Marker and now removed metal shed & former ruins within. image. Click for full size.

Public Domain (Wikipedia), January 29, 2011

3. Fort Cusseta Marker and now removed metal shed & former ruins within.

Fort Cusseta Marker with former fort (inside metal shed) and current 1978 nearby barn. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, February 8, 2014

4. Fort Cusseta Marker with former fort (inside metal shed) and current 1978 nearby barn.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 2, 2024. It was originally submitted on February 8, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,735 times since then and 122 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 2, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 2. submitted on February 8, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 3, 4. submitted on August 2, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.