Seminole War Forts List

This list will be a work in progress for the foreseeable future because of the large number of fortifications erected in Florida during the three Seminole Wars and the lack of information about them. This list will eventually include all the fortifications built or used for the Seminole Wars (1817-1858). Seminole War Forts (edit list) Name Est Left County Established By Notes Fort Clarke (1) 1836 1861 Alachua Fort Newnansville 1835 18?? Alachua Fort Gilleland 1835 1842 Alachua Ashby, James A., Bvt Major Fort Gillespie 18?? 18?? Alachua Fort Hogtown 1817 1817 Alachua Fort Tarver 1839 1839 Alachua Fort Nancy 1856 1858 Alachua Fort Walker (3) 1838 1841 Alachua Fulton, William M., Capt. Aka Fort Kanapaha Fort Wallabout 1839 1839 Alachua Fort Crane (1) 1830 1840 Alachua Fort Crum 1835 1840 Alachua Fort Waccahootee 1840 1842 Alachua Fort Micanopy 1835 1843 Alachua Call, Richard K., Gen. Aka Fort Defiance (6) Fort Number 7 E Fort Russell (2) 1839 1840 Alachua Aka Fort Number 6 E Fort Number 12 E 1839 1840 Alachua Cantonment Winfield Scott 1841 1842 Alachua Beall, Benjamin L., Capt. Fort Moniac 1838 1842 Baker Morris, Thompson, Capt. (Cullum 316) James Burnsed's Blockhouse 1837 1837 Baker Elisha Greene's Blockhouse Baker May be Fort Number 18 E Fort Number 18 E 1839 1839 Baker Post at St. Andrew's Bay 1839 18?? Bay Fort Crabbe Bradford Fort Harlee 1837 1838 Bradford Camp Hernandez 1836 18?? Brevard Fort Ann (1) 1837 1838 Brevard Irwin, James R., 1st Lt. (Cullum 408) Fort Taylor (4) 18?? 18?? Brevard Fort Harney (2) 1837 18?? Brevard Harney, William S., Ltc. Fort Lauderdale 1838 1842 Broward Lauderdale, William, Major Fort Chipola 1841 1842 Calhoun Van Horne, Jefferson, Capt. (Cullum 499) Fort Preston (5) 1840 1842 Callhoun Bullock, E. D., Capt. Fort Broadnax 1836 18?? Citrus Lindsay, William, Col. Camp Worth (2) 1841 18?? Citrus Fort McLemore 1836 18?? Citrus Camp Blodgett 1836 18?? Citrus Fort Cooper (1) 1836 1836 Citrus Cooper, Mark A., Major Fort Howell 1835 18?? Collier Fort Harrel 1837 18?? Collier Camp Rogers (2) 1856 1857 Collier Fort Foster (4) 1837 1838 Collier Camp Deposit 1841 18?? Collier Camp Depot #1 1841 18?? Collier Camp Depot #2 1857 18?? Collier Fort Keais 1838 1857 Collier Fort Simon Drum 1855 1856 Collier Fort Doane 1841 1842 Collier Camp Whipple (2) 1857 18?? Charlotte Fort Sanderson 1840 1841 Clay Hanson, C., 2nd Lt. Camp Augusta 1836 1836 Clay Fort Bayard (3) 1837 1843 Clay Camp at Magnolia 1839 18?? Clay Fort Heileman 1836 1841 Clay Black Creek Arsenal 1837 1840 Clay Aka Garey's Ferry Ordnance Depot Camp Browne 1842 1842 Clay Fort Van Courtland 1835 18?? Clay Fort Number 11 E 1839 1840 Clay Fort Number 14 E 1839 1840 Clay Fort Alligator 1835 1835 Columbia Aka Fort Lancaster (3) Fort Blount (2) 1835 1835 Columbia Fort Number 16 E 1839 1840 Columbia Casey, Silas, Capt. Fort Number 19 E 1839 1839 Columbia Everglades Post 1857 18?? Dade Fort Henry (7) 18?? 18?? Dade Key Biscayne Post 1838 1842 Dade Aka Fort Bankhead (1) Fort Russell (4) Camp Center (2) 1838 18?? Dade Fort Dallas 1836 1870 Dade Powell, Levin M. Navy Lt. Fort Kemble 1839 18?? Dade Fort Russell (4) 1839 1839 Dade Churchill, Sylvester, Major Fort Winder 1852 18?? DeSoto Fort Ogden (1) 1841 1842 DeSoto Gwynne, T.P., Capt. Camp Call 1836 18?? Dixie Fort Dabney 1836 18?? Dixie Fort McCrabb 1840 18?? Dixie Fort Griffin (4) 1840 18?? Dixie Alexander, Thomas L., Capt. (Cullum 615) Fort Wool (3) 1835 18?? Dixie Fort Number 14 M 1839 18?? Dixie Fort Number 15 M 1839 18?? Dixie Fort Louthers 1837 1837 Duval Fort Jacksonville 1836 1851 Duval James McCormick's Blockhouse 1840 1840 Duval Fort Mandarin 1837 1837 Duval Jesup, Thomas S., Maj. Gen. Camp Marshall 1814 18?? Escambia Cantonment Florida 1814 18?? Escambia Fort Clinch (3) 1822 1834 Escambia Brooke, George M. Bvt. Col. Aka Cantonment Clinch Camp Galvez Spring Camp New Hope Fort Caben 18?? 18?? Flagler Fort Fulton 1840 1840 Flagler Fort Ocklawaha 18?? 18?? Franklin James Island Post 1838 18?? Franklin Fort Gadsden 1818 1821 Franklin Gadsden, James, Lt. Fort Barbour 1837 1842 Gadsden Aka Fort Aspalaga Apalachicola Arsenal 1832 1866 Gadsden Aka Mount Vernon Arsenal (1) Chattahoochee Arsenal (1) Fort Roger Jones 1839 1839 Jefferson Mitchell, Enos J., Capt. (Cullum 523) Camp Carter 1838 18?? Jefferson Fort Many 1841 1842 Jefferson Fort Welaunee 1839 1843 Jefferson Aka Camp Gamble (1839) Fort Gamble (1839-1843) Fort Aucilla 1843 18?? Jefferson Fort Wacissa 1838 18?? Jefferson Fort Clark (8) 18?? 18?? Jefferson Fort White 1838 1842 Gilchrist Cantonment Dinkins 1826 1826 Gilchrist Fort Fanning (2) 1838 1843 Gilchrist Aka Fort Number 9 E Fort Palmetto Fort Number 13 E 1839 1839 Gilchrist Aka Blue Springs Fort Fort Thompson (3) 1854 1855 Glades Fort Center 1838 1857 Glades Fort Place 1830 18?? Gulf Fort St. Joseph 1835 1841 Gulf Fort Cass (3) 1835 1835 Hamilton Camp near Adams 1827 18?? Hamilton Warner's Ferry Stockade 1835 1835 Hamilton Fort Page 18?? 18?? Hamilton Fort Eagle 18?? 18?? Hamilton Post at Livingstone Ferry 1837 1837 Hamilton Post at Charles' Ferry 1842 1842 Hamilton Fort Number 20 E 1839 1839 Hamilton Fort Number 21 E 1839 1839 Hamilton Fort Hartsuff (2) 1856 18?? Hardee Fort Green 1855 1856 Hardee Fort Chokonikla 1849 1850 Hardee Fort T.B. Adams 1838 1839 Hendry Fort Denaud 1837 1858 Hendry Bonneville, Benjamin L.E., Capt. (Cullum 155) Aka Fort Deynaud Fort Simmons 1841 1842 Hendry Aka Camp Simmons Fort Shackleford 1855 18?? Hendry Fort Cross (2) 1838 1842 Hernando Fort Plentiful 1844 18?? Hernando Fort Taylor (5) 1857 18?? Hernando Fort Tyler (2) 18?? 18?? Hernando Fort De Soto (2) 184? 18?? Hernando Fort Annutteeliga 1840 1841 Hernando Fort Lindsay 1836 18?? Hernando Lindsay, William, Col. Fort Cooper (2) 1841 18?? Hernando Fort Basinger 1837 1850 Highlands Taylor, Zachary, Col. Fort Kissimmee 1850 1858 Highlands Fort Josephine 1857 18?? Highlands Fort Bienvenue (1) 1850 18?? Hillsborough Fort Alafia (1) 1849 1850 Hillsborough Pemberton, John C., Bvt Major Aka Camp Alafia Fort Alafia (2) 1850 1850 Hillsborough Rains, George W., Bvt Captain Aka Fort Bienvenue (1) Fort Galt 1857 1857 Hillsborough Scott, John B., Bvt Major Aka Camp Galt Fort Simmons 1841 1842 Hillsborough Fort Moore (3) 18?? 18?? Hillsborough Fort Thonotosassa 18?? 18?? Hillsborough Fort Fraser (2) 1837 1838 Hillsborough Wilson, Henry, Bvt Major Aka Fort Frazer Fort Foster (2) 1836 1849 Hillsborough Lindsay, William, Col. Aka Fort Alabama (1) Camp Clinch 1850 18?? Hillsborough Camp Georgia 1836 18?? Hillsborough Camp McCall 1842 18?? Hillsborough Camp Hitchapuckanssa 1839 18?? Hillsborough Aka Camp Gonzalez Fort Sullivan (2) Fort Vinton 1839 1850 Indian River Moore, G. W., Capt. Aka Fort Number 2 E Fort Atkinson (6) 1839 18?? Lafayette Fort Sherrard 1839 1842 Lafayette Fort Macomb (3) 1839 1843 Lafayette Fort Barker 1840 18?? Lafayette Fort Parker (3) 18?? 18?? Lafayette Fort Buckeye 1849 18?? Lafayette Fort Downing 1840 1840 Lafayette Graham, L. P., Lt. Fort Number 9 M 1839 18?? Lafayette Fort Number 12 M 1839 18?? Lafayette Fort Number 17 E 1839 1839 Lafayette Fort Mason (4) 1837 18?? Lake Mason, Richard B., Major Fort Penton 1856 18?? Lake Fort Myers 1850 1861 Lee Ridgely, Samuel C., Major (Cullum 637) Camp Hospitika 1841 18?? Lee Fort Casey (2) 1850 1850 Lee Fort Harney (3) 1839 18?? Lee Aka Fort Van Buren Fort Dulaney 1837 1858 Lee Dulaney, William, Capt. Fort Virginia Braden 1839 1842 Leon Thornton, S.B., 1st Lt. Aka Fort Braden Fort Harriett 1840 1840 Leon Fort Macomb (2) 1839 1842 Leon Aka Fort Number 1 M Camp Murat 1840 1840 Leon Fort St. Augustine 1839 1839 Leon Fort Number 2 M 1839 1839 Leon Fort Jennings (2) 1838 18?? Levy Clay Landing Blockhouse 1837 1837 Levy Fort Wekiwa 18?? 18?? Levy Fort Waccasassa 1839 1843 Levy Aka Fort Number 8 E Fort Clinch (4) 1836 1842 Levy Read, Leigh, Brig Gen Fort Number 3 E 1839 1840 Levy Fort Number 8 E 1839 1843 Levy Aka Fort Waccasassa Bristol Blockhouse 18?? 18?? Liberty Fort Jones (3) 18?? 18?? Madison Fort Vose 1841 1842 Madison Johns, William B., 2nd Lt. (Cullum 1055) Fort Hamilton (4) 1841 1843 Madison Craig, Lewis, 1st Lt. Madison Blockhouse 1835 1842 Madison Fort Jackson (7) 1838 1840 Madison Alexander, Thomas L., Capt. (Cullum 615) Fort Number 4 M 1839 18?? Madison Fort Myakka 1849 1850 Manatee Rains, Gabriel J., Bvt. Major (Cullum 482) Fort Crawford (4) 1849 1850 Manatee Fort Rough and Ready 1856 18?? Manatee Fort Hamer 1849 1876 Manatee Camp Armistead 184? 18?? Manatee Fort Starke 1840 1841 Manatee Fort Atzroth 1856 18?? Manatee Fort Manatee 1841 18?? Manatee Braden Castle 185? 18?? Manatee Camp Armstrong 1856 1857 Manatee Aka Camp Smead Dr. Franklin Branch's Fort 1849 18?? Manatee Fort Drane 1835 1836 Marion Drane, Gustavus S., Capt. Aka Fort Auld Lang Syne Fort Old Lang Syne Camp Lang Syne Fort Hook 1839 1839 Marion Aka Fort Number 2 E Fort King 1827 1843 Marion Glassell, James M., Capt. Aka Cantonment King Camp King (1) Fort Duval 1826 1827 Marion Dade, Francis L., Capt. Fort Fowle 1839 1831 Marion Fort Connor 18?? 18?? Marion Fort Wheelock 1840 1842 Marion Located south of Micanopy on the west shore of Orange Lake. Named for Lt. Thompson B. Wheelock (Cullum 295) Fort McKay (2) 1838 18?? Marion Aka Fort McCoy (2) Fort Russell (3) 1839 1842 Marion Morris, William W., Capt. (Cullum 261) Camp Izard 1836 1842 Marion Gaines, Edmund P., Gen. Aka Fort Izard Camp Graham 1836 1836 Marion Camp Smith (2) 18?? 18?? Marion Fort Number 5 E 1839 1839 Marion Fort McRae 1838 1857 Martin Fort Van Swearingen 1838 18?? Martin Beall, Benjamin L., Capt. Palm City Depot 1838 1843 Martin Fort Dunn 18?? 18?? Martin Indian Key Post 1856 1869 Monroe Fort Paulding 1840 18?? Monroe Tavernier Key Post 184? 18?? Monroe Key Largo Post 1857 18?? Monroe Camp Malco 1857 18?? Monroe Camp Moulder 1857 1857 Monroe Camp Romano 1857 18?? Monroe Fort Poinsett 1838 1856 Monroe Fort Cross (3) 1857 18?? Monroe Fort Westcott 18?? 18?? Monroe Camp Hunter 1840 18?? Monroe Fort Hooke 18?? 18?? Monroe Fort Church (2) 1835 1836 Nassau Fort Kirkland 183? 18?? Okaloosa Fort Drum (3) 1849 1861 Okeechobee Fort Floyd (1) 1838 18?? Okeechobee Taylor, Zachary, Col. Fort Lloyd 1838 18?? Okeechobee Fort McNeil 1837 1837 Orange Fort Christmas 1837 1838 Orange Eustis, Abraham, BG Fort Maitland 1838 1842 Orange Fanning, Alexander C.W., Ltc Fort Gatlin 1837 1849 Orange Fanning, Alexander C.W., Ltc Fort Davenport 1839 1839 Osceola Davenport, William, Colonel Camp Morris (4) 1849 1849 Osceola Andrews, George, Major (Cullum 344) Fort Taylor (6) 1837 1839 Osceola Twiggs, David, Colonel Fort Jupiter 1838 1842 Palm Beach Jesup, Thomas S., Maj. Gen. Fort Cooper (3) 1841 18?? Pasco Fort Broome 1856 18?? Pasco Fort Chisholm 1836 18?? Pasco Fort Dade (1) 1837 1838 Pasco Aka Camp Dade Fort Dade (2) 1849 1856 Pasco Fort William Henry Harrison (2) 1841 18?? Pinellas Hoffman, William, Major (Cullum 558) Aka Fort Harrison (5) Fort Socrum 1856 18?? Polk Fort Gibson (3) 1850 18?? Polk Fort Cummings 1839 1841 Polk Fort Nichols 1850 18?? Polk Fort Fraser (1) 1837 1838 Polk Foster, William S., Ltc. Aka Fort Frazer Fort Carroll (2) 1841 18?? Polk Fort Blount (1) 1856 18?? Polk Aka Riley Blount's Fort Fort Hooker 1850 1856 Polk Fort Clinch (2) 1850 18?? Polk Fort Arbuckle (2) 1850 18?? Polk Fort McClintock 18?? 18?? Polk Fort Dozier 1856 18?? Polk Fort Gates (2) 1835 1835 Putnam Fort Gale 18?? 18?? Putnam Fort Lawson 1839 1839 Putnam Fort Shannon 1838 1843 Putnam Fort Hunter (2) 1840 1840 Putnam Fort New Buena Vista 1836 1836 Putnam Fort Hudson (3) 18?? 18?? Putnam Fort Brown (2) 1840 1840 Putnam Brown, W. A., 1st Lt. Fort Brooks 18?? 18?? Putnam Fort Holmes (3) 1840 1841 Putnam Fort Number 10 E 1839 18?? Putnam Fort Armistead (3) 1840 1841 Sarasota Dearborn, Greenleaf Bvt Major Fort Lane (2) 1837 1838 Seminole Dearborn, Greenleaf Bvt Major Aka Fort Dearborn (2) Fort Dearborn (2) 1837 18?? Seminole Fort Mellon 1836 1842 Seminole Fanning, Alexander C.W., Ltc Aka Camp Monroe (2) Fort Fanning Fort Reid 1840 1849 Seminole Harney, William S., Ltc Aka Fort Read Fort Reed Fort Comfort 1835 18?? Seminole Aka Fort Concord Fort Capron (2) 1821 18?? St. Johns Fort Peyton 1837 1840 St. Johns Jesup, Thomas S., Maj. Gen. Fort Harney (4) 1837 18?? St. Johns Camp Brisbane 1835 1836 St. Johns Camp Edgefield 1836 1836 St. Johns Fort New Switzerland 1835 1835 St. Johns Fort Searle 1839 1841 St. Johns Fulton, William M., Capt. Fort Weedman 1837 1840 St. Johns Fort Moccasin Branch 1837 1837 St. Johns Fort Hanson 1838 1840 St. Johns Whitley, R. H. K., 1st Lt. St. Francis Barracks 1765 Present St. Johns Spanish Fort Marion 1825 1900 St. Johns Spanish Aka Castillo de San Marcos Russell's Landing Post 1849 1850 St. Lucie Fort Capron 1850 1858 St. Lucie Capron, Erastus A. Capt. (Cullum 716) Fort Number 1 S 1839 1842 St. Lucie Fort Pierce 1838 1842 St. Lucie Pierce, Benjamin K., Bvt Ltc Fort McClure 1839 1842 Sumter Aka Camp Wendell Fort Dade (4) 18?? 18?? Suwannee Fort Noel 1839 1842 Taylor Noel Thomas, Capt. (Cullum 254) Aka Fort Number 3 M Fort Econfinee 1840 1840 Taylor Brown, Jacob, Capt. Fort Pleasant 1838 1842 Taylor Fort Andrews (2) 1838 1840 Taylor Fort Mitchell (4) 1840 1840 Taylor Backus, Electus, Capt. (Cullum 388) Fort Hulbert 1840 18?? Taylor Fort Frank Brooke 1838 1840 Taylor Fort Number 7 M 1839 18?? Taylor Fort Number 8 M 1839 18?? Taylor Fort Number 10 M 1839 1840 Taylor Fort Number 11 M 1839 18?? Taylor Fort Number 13 M 1839 18?? Taylor Fort Ward (3) 1835 1836 Union Fort Mills 1836 1836 Union Fort Call (3) 1838 1838 Union Fort Number 15 E 1839 1840 Union Fort Kingsbury 1837 1840 Volusia Camp Enterprise 1857 18?? Volusia Fort Florida 1836 18?? Volusia Fort Birch 1839 18?? Volusia Fort New Smyrna 1835 1853 Volusia Aka Fort Smyrna Camp near New Smyrna Camp Sheldon 1852 18?? Volusia Camp Dunlawton 1836 18?? Volusia Camp Darley 1836 18?? Volusia Fort Barnwell (2) 1836 18?? Volusia Aka Fort Columbia (2) Camp Barnwell Fort Call (2) 1836 1838 Volusia Gardner, John, Capt. (Bvt Major) Fort Volusia 1836 1857 Volusia Elmore, Benjamin T., Capt. Fort Preston (4) 18?? 18?? Volusia Fort Industry 1839 18?? Wakulla Fort Port Leon 1841 1843 Wakulla Camp Lawson 1840 18?? Wakulla Aka Fort Lawson Fort Stansbury 1839 1843 Wakulla Fort Number 5 M 1839 18?? Wakulla Fort Number 6 M 18?? 18?? Wakulla Fort Alaqua 1836 18?? Walton Source: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X North American Forts - Florida