Record #:

12917

Author(s):

Norris, Jeannie Faris

Abstract:

Approved for construction on 20 April 1745, in an effort to protect English interests along the Cape Fear River, Fort Johnston, outfitted with twenty-four cannon, became the newest British defense in the Provence of North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 27 Issue 1, June 1959, p14-16, il, map

Subject(s):

Ft. Johnston