Located on Hog Mountain in modern-day Gwinnett County, the fort was built in 1813, during the War of 1812, to protect settlers in the state's western regions from attacks.

In 1798, Indian agent Benjamin Hawkins established a boundary line in north Georgia that marked the border for Cherokee hunting grounds.

[1] Fort Daniel, presumably named in the general's honor, was constructed that year as part of defenses against attacks from Native American during the War of 1812.

[2] The same month that orders had been given to rebuild the fort at Hog Mountain, Lieutenant George Rockingham Gilmer (who would later serve as Governor of Georgia) was ordered to construct a fort at the confluence of Peachtree Creek and the Chattahoochee River in the Native American town of Standing Peachtree (the modern-day location of Buckhead).

[4] By 2011, excavations had yielded numerous artifacts, such as ceramics and nails, as well as fort features such as the wall trench for a stockade and evidence of blockhouses.