Fort Hampton stood about one-quarter mile north, built in 1810 and named in honor of Brig. General Wade Hampton of Revolutionary War fame. Two companies of soldiers were stationed there in log buildings. The fort and its garrison were intended to keep settlers, or "intruders," off Indian land, because this area was not ceded to the United States by the Chickasaw Indians until 1816. It was one of the few forts ever built to protect Indian land from white settlers. The soldiers garrisoned there built most of the earliest roads in this area. After 1816 the fort was no longer needed and was soon abandoned.