United States, Georgia, Baldwin County, 33.06928, -83.24959Seibert, David, 1941-20201996/2014Location: Ga. 22/24 at King St., 1/4 mile east of the Oconee RiverText of marker: "OLD FORT FIDIUS 1793-1797. The first settlement in this section was made up of four frame houses, a dozen or more cabins and a fort. It was called Federal town. Many of the soldiers died so a new fort was built several miles up the river and named Fort Fidius. It was located 2 miles below the mouth of Fishing Creek and 4 miles below this point. In 1794 Commander Roberts complained to the Secretary of War that he had only 69 able-bodied men to face 10,000 Indians. In 1797 the U.S. Government replaced Fort Fidius with Fort Wilkinson on the west side of the river on Indian lands. 005-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954"image/jpegenghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/Historical markers--Georgia--Baldwin CountyFortification--GeorgiaOld Fort Fidius (1793-1797) historical markerStillImage