It was located on the Jackson River, five miles west of Warm Springs, Virginia, in present-day Bath County.
[3] The stockaded structure became one of a chain of forts, 15 to 30 miles apart, established in the mid-1700s to guard the Virginia frontier against the Native Americans of the Ohio River Valley.
Captain Hog was to make use of his own company of men and of the militia he might raise, "except about 30 private wh.
[5] The fort was used primarily as a muster point but was laid siege upon by a group of Delaware and Shawnee for six hours in mid-June 1764.
[3] A historical marker for the fort stands at the intersection of Hwy 39 and Dinwiddie Trail in Bath County, Virginia.