Augusta in Richmond County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Fort Augusta ~ Fort Cornwallis ⎯⎯⎯ St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Photographed by Mike Stroud, July 2008
1. Fort Augusta ~ Fort Cornwallis / St. Paul's Episcopal Church Marker
Inscription.
Fort Augusta ~ Fort Cornwallis, also, St. Paul's Episcopal Church. . 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.
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
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in the 1916 fire and replaced by the present structure.
Erected 1956 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 121-30.)
Location. 33° 28.531′ N, 81° 57.658′ W. Marker is in Augusta, Georgia, in Richmond County. It is at the intersection of Washington St. (6th St,) and Reynolds Street, on the left when traveling north on Washington St. (6th St,). Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Augusta GA 30901, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, the Western Hemisphere, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies and also the Antebellum South.
Also see . . . Fort Augusta & Fort Cornwallis. The site is marked by a monument in the
form of a Celtic cross on the grounds of St.
Paul's Church. The churchyard also was the
site of Fort Cornwallis, an important British
post of the American Revolution. (Submitted on January 21, 2013, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
3. St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Photographed by Mike Stroud, 2008
4. St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Below this spot lies the Corner Stone of the Original Brick Church, laid Jan.27. 1819
Photographed by Mike Stroud, January 31, 2010
5. Fort Augusta ~ Fort Cornwallis / St. Paul's Episcopal Church Marker
At the intersection of 6th and Reynolds Streets
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 4,380 times since then and 46 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 30, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5. submitted on February 25, 2010, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.
