Fort White, also known as White's Fort, was a stockade fort built in 1813 in present-day Clarke County, Alabama during the Creek War (part of the larger War of 1812). The fort was located northeast of present-day Grove Hill.[1] The fort was possibly named due to the fact that it offered protection to local white settlers.[2] Other sources state it was named for a local settler.[3] Fort White offered protection to the residents of the community that would eventually become Grove Hill from possible Red Stick attacks.[4] Fort White was likely abandoned after the Fort Mims massacre.[5]
| Fort White | |
|---|---|
| Grove Hill, Alabama in United States | |
  Fort White  Fort White | |
| Coordinates | 31°43′40″N 87°45′14″W / 31.72778°N 87.75389°W |
| Type | Stockade fort |
| Site information | |
| Owner | Private |
| Controlled by | Private |
| Open to the public | No |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1813 |
| Built by | Mississippi Territory settlers |
| In use | 1813 |
| Battles/wars | Creek War |
Timothy H. Ball visited the site of Fort White prior to writing his history of the Creek War.[1]
Gallery
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Map of Alabama during the War of 1812. Fort White is located in the upper center.
References
edit- ^ a b Halbert, Henry; Ball, Timothy (1895). The Creek War of 1813 and 1814. Chicago, Illinois: Donohue & Henneberry. p. 112. ISBN 9781375702775.
- ^ Foscue, Virginia (1989). Place Names in Alabama. Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama Press. p. 66. ISBN 0-8173-0410-X.
- ^ Pickett, Albert James (1878). History of Alabama, and Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the Earliest Period. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: Willo Publishing Company. p. 526. ISBN 978-1363310845.
- ^ Owen, Thomas McAdory (1921). History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Vol. 1. Chicago, Illinois: S. J. Clarke Publishingn Company. p. 676.
- ^ Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 66. ISBN 0-8173-1125-4.
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