Fort Hunter

Fort Hunter: 1711, Montgomery County. Early fort (Old Fort Hunter) built 1711-12 by order of Governor Hunter for protection of Mohawk Indians at their Village (Lower Castle) of Ti-on-onto-gen or I-can-de-ro-ga. Was a 12 foot high stockade 150 feet square surrounding Queen Anne Chapel with 24 foot square blockhouses on each corner. Each blockhouse was two story and double-loopholed with chimneys and seven and nine pounder cannons, and could hold 20 men each. The compound included 30 cabins for residents. This area was garrisoned by 70 in the Indian Castle at some distance, plus an Office and 30 men in the fort. (Another account has Fort Hunter being built for the Palatines in 1724.) Records indicate improvements were made in 1755. Old Fort Hunter was worn down at the beginning of the Revolution, having suffered an accidental fire in 1773 that destroyed one blockhouse and two walls. The Pasonage, located one mile East of the fort was restored and used during the Revolutionary War as a fort, may have been stockaded further. Located near the village of Fort Hunter on South side of Mohawk at Schoharie Creek. The fort and chapel were demolished in 1820 for the Schoharie Crossing of the Erie Canal. For more information see:

www.rootsweb.com/~nytryon/forthunter.html and also
www.nysm.nysed.gov/research_collections/research/history/hendrick/pagethree.html (links open new windows)

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