Fort Augusta

This stone marks the site

of the

Colonial Fort Augusta,

built by order of General Oglethorpe

and the trustees

in 1736;

and known,

during the Revolution as

Fort Cornwallis.

St. Paul Church was built

in 1750,

under the curtain of this fort.

Marker is on Washington Street (6th Street).

Courtesy hmdb.org

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