05/21/2026
📌 Fort Perry — Marion County, Georgia
📍 32°29’21.93”N 84°30’28.61”W
Hidden beneath cultivated fields in Marion County, Georgia, LiDAR reveals the faint but surprisingly intact footprint of Fort Perry, a frontier stockade established in 1813 during the Creek War (Red Stick War). The site appears as a geometric enclosure—likely a multi-sided or octagonal defensive work—with traces of embankments, interior disturbances, and possible defensive lines still subtly preserved in the terrain more than two centuries later. Constructed under General John Floyd, Fort Perry functioned as a supply depot and fortified position along the Old Federal Road, a critical military corridor used for troop movement and communication during operations against the Red Stick Creeks in present-day Alabama.
Historical accounts suggest Floyd’s forces moved slightly off the main road to occupy higher nearby ground while establishing camp and temporary fortifications. Local reports of musket ball discoveries and battlefield debris in the surrounding area hint at skirmishing connected to the campaign, though the exact locations of associated earthworks remain debated. From above, LiDAR exposes how the fort sat within a broader military landscape tied to movement corridors, wetlands, and creek crossings that shaped both strategy and survival during the Creek War.
