Weeping Eye Gorget / General John Payne

A classic Fort Ancient marine conch gorget known as the Weeping Eye Gorget was found in Augusta around 1950 at site 14BK4. While living in Augusta, General John Payne wrote General Lewis Collins and informed James Overton that he had exhumed 110 skeletons around 1810 while digging his 60' x 70' basement at this location. Payne said an ancient village had been between Bracken and Turtle Creeks. Archaeologists identify the people as Fort Ancient Native Americans, a prehistoric tribe whose culture disappeared from Augusta around 1650.

Augusta, Kentucky · United States