The fort was located in the West Bend community near the eastern bank of the Alabama River in Clarke County and was eight miles south and five miles west of Fort Easley.

The Choctaw village of Turkey Town was located three miles south of the fort.

[3] The stockade fort had palisades constructed of doubled-walls of split pine logs and contained two or three blockhouses.

[4] Thirteen men and boys offered protection for the fort's occupants.

[6] Tandy Walker, who served as an interpreter for the Choctaws and rescued a Mrs. Crawley from Red Stick captivity, spent time at Turner's Fort.