During and after the Revolutionary War, small forts sprang up across Georgia’s Indian lands as Creek, Cherokee, and other native peoples, drawn into the conflict by the British, fought skirmishes against settlers establishing farms in their territory. When attacks came, settlers fled to nearby forts for mutual protection. The 1780s and 1790s were particularly violent, and settlers also faced disease, snakes, wildlife, and starvation if crops failed or were destroyed while living in small one-room log cabins several miles from their nearest neighbors. Around 1792, the Humphrey brothers built four forts to protect area settlers from Native Americans who still occupied this region: Fort Yargo, Fort Strong at Talassee, Fort Thomocoggan at Jefferson, and Fort Groaning Rock at Commerce. One of the earliest accounts of Fort Yargo came from Abel Trent, a settler at nearby Talassee, who visited before 1800 and found a few well-armed settlers willing to aid Talassee if it were attacked. In 1810, George Humphrey sold Fort Yargo and 121 acres to John Hill for $167. Although this was not the original site of Fort Yargo, the fort once stood very near this place, and the Hill Family Cemetery is located within the park. In 1927, the Sunbury Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution adopted the fort and worked toward its preservation, while local citizens led by C.O. Maddox of the Peoples Bank of Winder sought to acquire the property and create a park, with Senator Richard B. Russell helping secure 1800 acres for it. Fort Yargo was moved to its current location in 2005, when its stone chimney was removed, a permanent foundation was built to keep the logs dry, the chimney was rebuilt, and the roof was restored with treated pine shingles. Volunteers from the Living History Society carried out most of this work using 18th century tools when possible, and they also built fences, pathways, garden beds, and the cooking shed while continuing to add 18th century elements to the site.