Fort Tonyn
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Fort Tonyn, named for General Patrick Tonyn (East Florida's Royal Governor at the time of the American Revolution), was located in present-day Nassau County, Florida, near the hamlet of Mills's Ferry. The fort was unremarkable in its day, seeing little action. Its name is remembered primarily because it figured in the only substantial campaign Florida saw during the Revolution. General Robert Howe camped there with some 400 men on June 28, 1778, at the same time that Colonel Elijah Clark led his troops militia to defeat at the Battle of Alligator Bridge.
The fort is believed to have been in existence as late as the War of 1812.