Fort Landrum

Fort Landrum
Salitpa, Alabama in United States
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Coordinates	31°40′04″N 87°54′42″W
Type	Stockade fort
Site information
Owner	Private
Controlled by	Private
Open to the public	No
Site history
Built	1813
Built by	Mississippi Territory settlers
In use	1813-1819
Battles/wars	Creek War

Fort Landrum was a stockade fort built in 1813 in present-day Clarke County, Alabama during the Creek War (part of the larger War of 1812). The fort was located eleven miles west of Fort Sinquefield.[1] Fort Landrum, like many other forts built around the same time, was built in response to Red Stick attacks on settlers in the surrounding area.[2]

Fort Landrum was built around the home of John Landrum, a veteran of the Revolutionary War who moved to the area in 1803 from Warren County, Georgia.[3]

In 1813, the fort became the site of the first courthouse in Clarke County. A courthouse remained here until 1819.[4]

A historical marker was erected in 1977 near the site of Fort Landrum by the Clarke County Historical Society.[4]

References

1. Halbert, Henry; Ball, Timothy (1895). The Creek War of 1813 and 1814. Chicago, Illinois: Donohue & Henneberry. p. 112. ISBN 9781375702775.
2. Harris, W. Stuart (1977). Dead Towns of Alabama. Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press. p. 42. ISBN 0-8173-1125-4.
3. "Cathrena (Catherine) "Caty" Hill Landrum". Find A Grave. Retrieved 23 October 2021.
4. "Fort Landrum Site Historical Marker". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved 23 October 2021.