[2] On May 13, 1840 Joel Roberts Poinsett (1779–1851), who served as the United States Secretary of War from March 7, 1837, to March 5, 1841, sent a correspondence to General Walker Keith Armistead (1773–1845), commander of the U.S. Army from 1840 to 1841 during the Second Seminole War that had plans to abandon two forts near St. Augustine in favor of three new forts which were to be established in their place.

[1] In addition to militia volunteers Fort Fulton was likely manned by U.S. Army troops on occasion as it was a military outpost that connected St. Augustine to the vast network of plantations to its south.

From a military strategic view it makes sense that a blockhouse would have been located in this area during the Second Seminole War to protect the transportation routes along Old Kings Road and Pellicer Creek.

[3][2] In the 1970s and 1980s, amateur excavations at the site of Fort Fulton were conducted by Belle Terre Middle School (Palm Coast, Florida) teacher, Buddy Taylor, and several students.

The only visual sign that a blockhouse structure once existed in the area is a clearing of sugar sand among the thickets and trees.