Barbara & Bill: I am pasting below several items found at google for "Fort Lawrence". =========================== Found at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~gataylor/forts.htm Forts Along the Federal Road The location of the Forts along the Federal Road played a significant role in the location of communities we know today. Passports through Indian Territory Significance in Creek Indian Wars Fort Wilkinson - Milledgeville Fort Hawkins - Macon Fort Lawrence - Flint River (Taylor County) across from Francisville (now Roberta) Fort Perry - (Marion County) Fort Mitchell - Columbus Fort Lawrence - Flint River Fort Lawrence (1810's?), on the west side of the Flint River across from Francisville, near Roberta was a temporary post. Located between Roberta and Reynolds in present day Taylor County, Georgia. Many times the town grew up on the opposite bank from the Fort. Francisville (now Roberta) was founded in 1825 by Francis Bacon who had married Jeffersonia, the youngest daughter of Benjamin Hawkins. It was a thriving town located on the river, until railroads came into existence in 1850s. ============================ Civil War Battles Found at: http://members.fortunecity.com/thegunny1/fort_lawrence_mo_6jan63.htm FORT LAWRENCE MISSOURI 6 January 1863 (Marmadukes 1st Missouri Expedition) OR-Series I, Volume XXII, Chapter XXXIV, Pg 193 Union Forces Detachment 2nd Battalion, 14th Missouri Militia Cavalry --- Captain Milton Burch Confederate Forces MacDonalds Regiment --- Colonel Emmett MacDonald ============================= Found at: http://www.geocities.com/naforts/mosouth.html MISSOURI FORTS Fort Lawrence (1861 - 1863), Taney County A Union fort located on Beaver Creek. Originally known as Beaver Station Fort and Lawrence Mill Fort. Attacked and destroyed by the Confederates. Note that Taney County is just across the border from AR.