Fort Saratoga

Fort Saratoga: 1702, Saratoga County, Schuylerville. Built on the Hudson River South of Fish Kill (Creek) South of present day Schuylerville, by Col. Schuyler during the Nicholson Expedition as a supply post. Site of previous blockhouse (Fort Vrooman 1689) for the Winthrop Expedition. A stockaded fort was proposed in 1702 to be manned by a Lt. and 30 men. Rebuilt 1721 by Phillip Livingston. Destroyed Nov 1744 by 400 French and 200 Indians that plundered down to outskirts of Albany. Rebuilt in 1746 as Fort Clinton (1).

Site of
Fort Vrooman 1689,
Fort Saratoga 1702
rebuilt by Philip Livingston 1721,
Fort Clinton 1746
rebuilt and named for Govenor

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