Fort Morris
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Fort Morris
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Earthworks in the distance
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| Location | Near Midway, Georgia |
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| Nearest city | Midway, Georgia |
| Coordinates | 31°46′04″N 81°16′52″W / 31.76791°N 81.28119°WCoordinates: 31°46′04″N 81°16′52″W / 31.76791°N 81.28119°W |
| Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
| NRHP reference # | 70000208 |
| Added to NRHP | May 13, 1970 |
Fort Morris is an earthen works fort in Liberty County, Georgia, in the United States. The fort is on a bend in the Medway River and played an important role in the protection of southeast Georgia throughout various conflicts beginning in 1741 and ending in 1865 at the conclusion of the American Civil War, including the French and Indian and American Revolutionary Wars and War of 1812. The historic site is 70 acres (28 ha) in size and sits at an elevation of 23 feet (7.0 m).
On May 13, 1970, the fort was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Today it is a state park, Fort Morris Historic Site.
The first fort built at the site was constructed in 1741 to protect a plantation owned by Captain Mark Carr. Carr owned 500 acres (200 ha) of land in the area that was granted to him by the Georgia Trustees. Carr was the commander of a company of marine rangers in the British Colonial Army from 1732 - 1751. His plantation came under attack on March 18, 1741 by a group of Indians who were allies with the Spanish colonial forces in Florida. Several soldiers defending the fort were killed in the raid and the contents of the fort and plantation were taken away in a large boat that belonged to the plantation.
The next fort at the site was constructed in 1756 at the encouragement of locals who were being attacked during uprising of Creek Indians in the era during the French and Indian War. The fort was expanded in 1758 to provide protection for the new settlement of Sunbury which was built on land owned by Carr. The fort was a square with each side measuring 100 yards (91 m). Governor Henry Ellis noted that the fort had a battery of eight guns. By 1762 the fort had fallen into disrepair.
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