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Fort Paris was a revolutionary war fort in Stone Arabia in the Palatine District of Tryon County, New York. This is now in the Town of Palatine in Montgomery County, New York, but no trace remains of the fort.

The fort was described as follows by Jeptha Sims in his 1883 history, The Frontiersmen of New York : a palisaded enclosure of strong blockhouses, within the grounds, and was intended to accommodate a garrison of 200 or 300 men, if necessary, as also its exposed inhabitants. It was commenced in December, 1776, and completed in the spring of 1777. It was situated between three and four miles to the northeast of Fort Plain, and stood upon the summit of ground half a mile north of the Stone Arabia churches, a dozen rods from the road, almost east of a now district schoolhouse. The station was a sightly one, and springs issuing a little to the north of it would run to the Sacondaga, while those on its southerly side would flow to the :Mohawk. This was an important post, and was usually manned by a company or two of rangers. Col. Klock and his Lieut.-Col. Wagner, had much to do with its immediate command. In the fall of 1779 and winter following, it became the headquarters of Col. Frederick Visscher, who commanded that and its adjacent military posts. The merchant Isaac Paris, one of the most influential and reliable men its vicinity, was complimented with its name. At this post, and in its neighborhood, were enacted many a thrilling scene, too many of which, alas, are now forgotten. Since this account was written, the following paper has turned up-possessed by Mr. Nellis Getman, of Ephratah-which discloses another reason why the fort took on the name of Paris:

"IN COMMITTEE CHAMBER OF TRYON COUNTY,

December 19th, 1776.j

"Resolved, That the Rangers of Capt. Christian Getman's company, stationed at Stone Arabia, shall, in the time of their leisure, when and which of them are not employed in ranging, cut timber for building a certain fort in the said place, under the sole direction and command of Isaac Paris, Esq.

"Extract of the minutes.

"JNO. EISENLORD, Secretary."

The location of the Fort Paris is shown on the map of Palatine in the 1868 atlas Montgomery and Fulton Counties.

An earlier description in New York In The Revolution, suggests that the fort "consisted of a farm house and outbuildings, a store, barracks for over one hundred soldiers, all enclosed by pickets, with a blockhouse on its western side. This account cites the "Clinton Papers: The Northern Invasion" by Franklin B Hough (1866) published by the Bradford Club.

Current references like the New York State Military Museum web site[4] suggest that the fort was built on the farm and trading post of Isaac Paris