FORTS OF SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA

16 miles north of Lebanon on Highway 19, on Indian Creek

Source:Summers,

Daniel Smith’s Fort

Gillespie’s Fort

in Russell Co

1929:103

AKA Davidson-Bailey Fort Bluestone River, Tazewell, Cove

Source:Summers,

Davidson’s Garrison

Womack’s Fort

Bluff City TN

Creek, 3 miles from mouth

1929:103

Dump’s Creek Station Dumps Creek

Source:Summers,

Fort Bowent

Maiden Springs

1929:103

Jeremiah Harrison’s

North Fork Holston, on the main path to the Clinch

Fort

opposite the Town House

Source:Summers,

Bryans Fort

near Moab, VA

1929:103

Maiden Springs

Maiden Spring Branch of the Clinch River

Station

Source:Summers,

Cocke’s Fort

Spring Creek. erected by William Cocke

1929:103

New Garden, south side of Clinch, on Thompson’s Creek,

New Garden Station

Washington Co, about 300 yards up the ridge from Robert

settled by Robert Bledsoe, about 30 miles east of Long

Source:Summers,

New Garden Fort

Bledsoe’s Fort

Green’s

Island on Fort Chiswell Road

1929:103

Nicholson’s Fort

Near Gray’s Island

Richlands Station

perhaps same as

North Fork of the Clinch, in the Richlands

Fowlers Station,

Brown’s or Fugate’s

Shallow Ford Of

Clinch (No Data)

Stock Creek (No Data)

Tate’s Fort

Moccasin Creek, Russell County,

5 miles from Jeremiah Harrison’s Fort, north Fork of the

Vance’s Station

Holston

William Wynn’s Fort

Locust Hill, North Fork of Clinch, 1.5 miles from Tazewell

Witten’s Fort Witten’s

Crab Orchard, Crab

Tazewell Va,

Orchard, The Upper

Station

Uncertain

Source:Summers,

Thompson’s Fort

1903:235

Source:Summers,

Edmiston’s Fort

Lodi, VA

1903:235

See Hamilton KBI article on Matthew Rowbottom 7 miles

Source:Summers,

Eaton’s Fort

east of Long Island of Holston.

1929:103

Source:Summers,

Shelby’s Fort

Bristol

1929:103

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