Frederica - Oglethorpe

This remnant is all

that time has spared of the

citadel of the town of Frederica

built by

General Oglethorpe

A.D. 1736

As an outpost against

The Spanish in Florida

Marker can be reached from Frederica Drive.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Frederica - The Barricks

" There are barracks in the town on

the north side,ninety feet square, built of tappy,

covered by cypress shingles; and a handsome

tower over the gateway...."

London Magazine

October 23, 1747

At the time of the Spanish attack in 1742,

about 200 British troops ...

Frederica - The Fort

" In the morning, Mr. Oglethorpe began

to mark out a fort with four bastions, and

taught the men how to dig the ditch, and

raise and turf the rampart."

Francis Moore

1736

A Voyage to Georgia

General Oglethorpe chose this site for

Frederica's fort. ...

Frederica - Military Road

" The inhabitants of the town went

out on the 25th [September 1738] with

the General and cut a road through

the woods down to the soldiers fort..."

Gentleman's Magazine

January 1739

In front of you lies the trace of the historic

Military Road - a ...

Fort Frederica

In 1736, on this historic site, Fort Frederica was constructed by the early settlers of the Colony of Georgia under General James Edward Oglethorpe. It was the strongest fortification built by Great Britain on American soil and its purpose was ...

Frederica - Indian Interpreter

Mary Musgrove Matthews " has always

been in great esteen with the General,... for

being half Indian by extract, she had a very

great influence upon many of them, particulary

the Creek Nation...."

William Stephens

February 22, 1740

In 1743, Mary Musgrove Matthews, General Oglethorpe's ...

Frederica - Old Burial Ground

" This Frederica is a very strange place; it

was once a town-the town,the metropolis of

the island."

Francis Anne Kemble

Visitor to Frederica

1839

Here, in unknown graves more than two centries old,

lie many of the early settlers of Frederica. Although

the town they ...

Frederica - Candlemaker

John Calwell, the candlemaker, " had

built lately a large house of three storied

high which was looked on to be the best

in town, with storehouses, etc. for carrying

on the trade..."

Journal of William Stephens

June 25, 1745

During its short history, Frederica's ...

Frederica - Huts and Houses

" Some houses are built entirely of brick, some

of brick and wood, some few of tappy-work; but

most of the meaner sort of wood only."

London Magazine 1745

When Frederica was established in 1736, each

freeholder was given a lot 60 foot wide ...

Frederica

" Frederica is situated on the Island of

St. Simons, in the middle of an Indian

field where our people found 30 or 40

acres cleared by them."

Francis Moore

1736

A Voyage to Georgia

The first british settlers landed here on

February 18, ...