--part1_6d.12617d8.25d35a40_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_6d.12617d8.25d35a40_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <GAJONES-L-request@rootsweb.com> Received: from rly-yg01.mx.aol.com (rly-yg01.mail.aol.com [172.18.147.1]) by air-yg05.mail.aol.com (v67_b1.24) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Feb 2000 14:46:03 -0500 Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by rly-yg01.mx.aol.com (v67_b1.24) with ESMTP; Wed, 09 Feb 2000 14:45:43 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA07618; Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:42:20 -0800 (PST) Resent-Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 11:42:20 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20000209132251.00a00480@216.178.132.10> X-Sender: crilley@216.178.132.10 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 13:22:51 -0600 Old-To: GAJONES-L@rootsweb.com From: Crilley <crilley@eramp.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Subject: [GAJONES] Fort Hawkins Resent-Message-ID: <H_YCbB.A.02B.bMco4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> To: GAJONES-L@rootsweb.com Resent-From: GAJONES-L@rootsweb.com X-Mailing-List: <GAJONES-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/455 X-Loop: GAJONES-L@rootsweb.com Precedence: list Resent-Sender: GAJONES-L-request@rootsweb.com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thank you, Gene, for sending us this nice write-up about historic Fort Hawkins. Since many of our ancestors were in Jones County during this early period, it's nice to know about this! Fort Hawkins was originally located in Jones County, however the old fort location is now in Bibb County across the river from Macon, Georgia. Fort Hawkins was built in 1806 by Colonel Benjamin Hawkins, U.S. Indian Agent. It overlooked the mounds at Ocmulgee Old Field, as well as the future site of Macon, across the Ocmulgee River. It was located on a 100 acre reserve, and played an important part in the Area's life and Indian relations. The earliest nearby white settlers came in 1818. The Fort or Factory as it was called then, consisted of two large blockhouses, connected by a strong stockade. The stockade was made of hewn timbers, 14 feet long and 14 inches thick, sunk in the ground 4 feet, with port holes for muskets at each alternate post. The area within the stockade encompassed about 1.4 acres. The blockhouses were at the southeast and northwest corners of the rectangular stockade, and were constructed similiarly - about 28 feet square at the base, two stories and a basement, totaling 34 feet in height, surmounted by watch towers 8 feet high. The basement was built of blocks of stone 18 inches thick, and was 10 feet high. The first and second stories were each 12 feet high, and were made of hewn logs 12 inches thick, with port holes for cannon and musketry. The second floor extended over the first by 3 feet on all sides, with holes in the floor of the part projecting, so that if Indians reached the blockhouse and attempted to scale the stone basement, they could be shot down from above. There were four long houses, made of logs, inside the stockade, one in t