# Fort Daniel

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This article is about the fort in Georgia. For the park in Illinois, see [Fort Daniel Conservation Area](/source/Fort_Daniel_Conservation_Area).

**Fort Daniel** was a [fort](/source/Fort) in [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)), United States. Located on Hog Mountain in modern-day [Gwinnett County](/source/Gwinnett_County,_Georgia), the fort was built in 1813, during the [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812), to protect settlers in the state's western regions from attacks. Archaeologists [excavated](/source/Archaeological_excavation) its site in 2007.

## History

In 1798, [Indian agent](/source/Indian_agent) [Benjamin Hawkins](/source/Benjamin_Hawkins) established a [boundary line](/source/Border) in [north Georgia](/source/North_Georgia) that marked the border for [Cherokee](/source/Cherokee) hunting grounds. Multiple forts were erected along this "Hawkins Line" in order to protect [white](/source/White_people) settlers of the region. One such fort existed at Hog Mountain, near the [headwaters](/source/Headwaters) of the [Apalachee River](/source/Apalachee_River_(Georgia)) and at the southern point of this line. While little is known about this early station, by 1813, General [Allen Daniel Jr.](/source/Allen_Daniel_Jr.) of the [Georgia Militia](/source/Georgia_Militia) ordered the fort at Hog Mountain to be rebuilt.[1] Fort Daniel, presumably named in the general's honor, was constructed that year as part of defenses against attacks from [Native American](/source/Native_Americans_in_the_United_States) during the [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812).[2] The same month that orders had been given to rebuild the fort at Hog Mountain, Lieutenant [George Rockingham Gilmer](/source/George_Rockingham_Gilmer) (who would later serve as [Governor of Georgia](/source/Governor_of_Georgia)) was ordered to construct a fort at the confluence of [Peachtree Creek](/source/Peachtree_Creek) and the [Chattahoochee River](/source/Chattahoochee_River) in the Native American town of [Standing Peachtree](/source/Standing_Peachtree) (the modern-day location of [Buckhead](/source/Buckhead)).[1] This fort, variously known as Fort Peachtree and Fort Gilmer,[1][2] was connected to Fort Daniel via a road that today makes up a part of [Peachtree Street](/source/Peachtree_Street), a major [thoroughfare](/source/Thoroughfare) in modern [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta).[3]

In 2002,[3] a [Georgia historical marker](/source/Georgia_historical_marker) for the fort was erected along [Georgia State Route 124](/source/Georgia_State_Route_124) near [Lawrenceville, Georgia](/source/Lawrenceville,_Georgia).[2] In 2007, the site of the fort was relocated by the Gwinnett Archaeological Research Society, who proceeded to excavate the site.[4] By 2011, excavations had yielded numerous artifacts, such as ceramics and nails, as well as fort features such as the wall trench for a [stockade](/source/Stockade) and evidence of [blockhouses](/source/Blockhouses).[1]

## References

1. D'Angelo, James J. (July 15, 2011). ["Fort Daniel"](https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/fort-daniel). *[New Georgia Encyclopedia](/source/New_Georgia_Encyclopedia)*. Retrieved October 23, 2020.

1. de Quesada, Alejandro M. (2011). [*A History of Georgia Forts: Georgia's Lonely Outposts*](https://books.google.com/books?id=CL12CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT55). [Arcadia Publishing](/source/Arcadia_Publishing). ISBN 978-1-62584-185-8. – via [Google Books](/source/Google_Books)

1. ["Fort Daniel"](https://georgiahistory.com/ghmi_marker_updated/fort-daniel/). *[Georgia Historical Society](/source/Georgia_Historical_Society)*. June 16, 2014. Retrieved October 23, 2020.

1. ["Fort Daniel Frontier Fair"](https://www.archaeological.org/event/fort-daniel-frontier-fair/). *[Archaeological Institute of America](/source/Archaeological_Institute_of_America)*. October 19, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2020.

## External links

- [The Fort Daniel Foundation](https://thefortdanielfoundation.org/)

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