Note: The following is part of a series of columns looking at how Georgia and Bulloch County evolved from wilderness into a state and a county. In addition to establishing outposts to provide some security to southeast Georgia, several forts built before and during the Revolutionary War became important sanctuaries for Patriots, and those that were captured were later used by the British. 1751 Fort Barrington (later Fort Howe): Named after Lt. Col. Josiah Barrington, Fort Barrington sat on the Altamaha River.