Fort Perry Explained

Fort Perry
Nearest City:Buena Vista, Georgia
Coordinates:32.4781°N -84.5442°W
Builder:Floyd, Gen. John
Added:July 30, 1975
Refnum:75000601

Fort Perry is the site of a historic stockade fort defended by block houses in the area of Box Springs, Georgia. It was built in 1813 along the Old Federal Road. The site is commemorated by a historical marker located nearby on Fort Perry Road. It was constructed under General John Floyd and was used as a base of attack on the Sticks tribe (Red Sticks on the other side of the Chattahoochee River in Alabama territory). The fort was named for Oliver Hazard Perry.[1] Fort Perry was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 30, 1975.

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  1. Web site: Fort Perry 1813 . . Georgia Historical Commission . 1954 . April 5, 2018.