Fort Peyton
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Fort Peyton was a stockaded fort built in August 1837 by the United States Army, one of a chain of military outposts created during the Second Seminole War for the protection of the St. Augustine area
Fort Peyton – Second Seminole War Fort (artist's depiction).
Capture of Osceola near Fort Peyton by US troops
Front side of the historical sign at the site of Fort Peyton (photographed May 31, 2020).
Back side of the historical sign at the site of Fort Peyton (photographed May 31, 2020).
Treaty of Moultrie Creek
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The Treaty of Moultrie Creek, also known as the Treaty with the Florida Tribes of Indians, was an agreement signed in 1823 between the government of the United States and the chiefs of several groups
Fort Peyton
…was garrisoned by regular army troops. The fort stood about five miles southwest of St. Augustine, on the south side of Moultrie Creek, near where the Treaty of Moultrie Creek had been signed in 1823 between the government of the United States and the chiefs of several bands of Seminoles living in the territory. On October…
The Treaty of Moultrie Creek, also known as The Treaty with the Florida Indian Tribes, established a reservation in central Florida for Native Americans. It also ceded the coastal land of Florida to the United States government as the U.S. could now control coastal trade between Florida and the Caribbean.