Fort Hampton

Fort Hampton

Fort Hampton  (1809-1817) – A U.S Army fort established by Colonel Reuben J. Meigs in 1809, west of Athens in Limestone County, Alabama. Named Fort Hampton after Brigadier General Wade Hampton. Abandoned in 1817. Established to protect Chickasaw Indian lands from settler encroachment. Two companies of soldiers were garrisoned there until the Indian lands were ceded to the U.S. Government 1816.

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