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LISTING OF PENNSYLVANIA FORTS


 
PAGE
FORT
DATE
LOCALITY
COUNTY
(PRESENT)
PERSON 
INVOLVED
108 Allen 1750 Weisport/Franklin Carbon Col. B. Franklin
217, 219 Anderson 1778 Logan/Petersburg Huntingdon  
285 Antes 1773 Williamsport Lycoming  
336 Augusta 1756 Sunbury Northumberland Col. Wm. Plunket
45, 46 Bedford 1751 Raystown Bedford  
233, 234, 235 Bingham 1749 Beale Junita  
342 Boone 1770's Turbot Northumberland   
325 Bosley abt. 1756 Derry Montour  
287 Brady 1763 Muncy Lycoming Capt. John Brady
425 Burgett abt. 1776 Burgettstown Washington Sebast, Burgett
164 Carnaham/Jack 1742/1767 N. Newton Cumberland  
203 Chambers 1730 Chambersburg Franklin  
461 Cresap 1742 Lower Windsor York Col. Thos. Cresap
  Deitrich Snyder 1759 Wayne Schuylkill  
270 Deshler 1760 Whitehall/Egypt Lehigh  
16, 18, 233 Duquesne 1754 Pittsburg Allegheny  
272 Durkee 1769 Wilkes Barre Lizerne Maj. John Durkee
66 Fetter   Allegheny Blair  
270 Fogel 1748 Lynn Lehigh  
272, 275, 276 Forty Fort 1769 Kingston/Forty Fort  Lehigh  
161, 378, 412 Franklin 1740 West Penn Schuylkill B. Franklin
340, 341 Freeland   Lewis Northumberland  
211 Garard   Waynesburg Green  
305 Granville 1756   Miflin Gov. Robt. Morris
170, 172 Halifax 1756 Halifax Dauphin Clapham
309 Hamilton 1756   Monroe Gov. Robt. Morris
167 Harris 1727 Harrisburg Dauphin  
56, 374 Henry 1756 Millersburg Berks  
63 Holladay 1768 Hollidaysburg Blair  
145 Horn abt. 1776 Wayne Clinton  
173, 348 Hunter   Susquehanna Dauphin  
309 Hyndshaw 1756   Monroe Gov. Robt. Morris
164 Jack/Carnaham 1742 N. Newton Cumberland  
153, 272, 278 Jenkins 1778 W. Pittston Luzerne Col. John Jenkins
68 Ld. Mine, Roberdeau  1778 Tyrone Blair Lt. Thos. Cluggage
378 Lebanon/Williams 1755 W. Brunswick Schuylkill  
185, 190, 191, 193, 41 LeBoeuf-2nd 1st-1753, 2nd- ?  Waterford Erie Capt. E. Denny
109 Lehigh 1755 Lower Towinsing Carbon  
442 Ligonier 1758 Ligonier Westmorland Col. James Burd
209 Littleton 1756 Dublin Cumb/Fulton Gov. Robt. Morris
206, 207 Loudon abt. 1751 Ft. Loudon/Peters Franklin  
67, 219 Lowry 1778 Morris Huntington  
219 Lytle 1777 Porter Huntington  
412 Machault French 1753 Franklin Vermango  
219 McAlevy 1778 Jackson Huntington Gen. Wm. McAlevy
148 McClure 1781 Bloomsburg Columbia  
205 McCord 1752 Hamilton Franklin Gov. J. Hamilton
38, 42, 284 McIntosh 1778 Beaver Beaver Gen. L. McIntosh
410 Minninger 1778 White Deer Union Widow Smith
342 Montgomery  ?   Northumberland  
222, 225 Moorhead abt. 1776 Conemaugh Indianna  
161 Morris 1755 Shippensburg Cumberland  
285,291 Muncy 1763 Muncy Lycoming  
195, 199 Necessity 1754 Wharton Fayette Geo. Washington
309 Norris 1756 Near Smith Gap Monroe Gov. Robt. Morris
61 North Kill Abt. 1756 U. Tulpehocken Berks  
236 Paterson 1756 Mexico Juniata Capt. J. Patterson
309, 310 Penn 1756 Lower Smithfield Monroe Col. Jacob Stroud
18, 438 Pitt 1754 Pittsburg Allegheny Trent
111, 117 Potter 1759 Penns Valley Cenrtre  
34, 185 Presque Isle 1753 Erie Erie French
196 Redstone/Burd 1758 Brownsville Fayette   
342 Rice     Northumberland  
68 Roberdeau     Blair  
348 Robinson     Perry  
217, 233 Shirley 1755 Shirleysburg Huntington Col. Geo. Grogan
260 Smith/Swatara abt 1756 Jonestown Lebanon  
378 Snyder 1759 Wayne Schuylkill  
283 Stanwix     Lycoming ?  
72 Sullivan 1778 Athens Bradford Gen. Sullivan
260, 264 Swatara Abt. 1756 Jonestown Lebanon  
411 Swartz   Milton Union  
24 Vance bef 1776 Middletown Allegheny Robt. Vance
412 Vernango bef. 1763   Vernango  
222, 224 Wallace abt 1792 Blairsville Westmorland  
153 Wheeler abt. 1776 Scott/Paper Mill Columbia Lt. Moses V'Campen
351 Wicaco 1663 ???? Philadelphia Philadelphia Swedes
272 Wilkes Barre 1763 Wilkes Barre Luzerne  
378 William 1755 W. Brunswick Schuylkill  
272 Wyoming 1763 Wilkes Barre Luzerne  
260, 263 Zeller abt. 1756 Heidelberg Lebanon  

Reference:  F. A. Godcharles, "Pennsylvania Political, Governmental and Civil", Political and Civil Vol.
                The American Historical Society, Inc. NY, 1933.  The pages cited in the table are from this reference.

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Some "forts" were little more than log cabin bunker houses with gun ports, often on a person's property. In
time of danger the owner and his neighbors came there for refuge.

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