Fiddlers Grove Historic Village in Lebanon in Wilson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Peyton Smokehouse

Photographed by Karen Emerson-McPeak, September 23, 2017

1. Peyton Smokehouse Marker

Inscription. The smokehouse originally stood on the Wharton Place three miles Southeast of Lebanon on Sparta Pike. Jesse Wharton of Davidson County bought the 912 acre farmland in 1811 from John Gray Blount of North Carolina. Jesse deeded the farm to his son, Joseph Philips Wharton, after his marriage to Caroline Hewitt in September, 1830. The smokehouse dates back to this time.

Joseph Wharton's daughter married a Peyton and later named the farm Peyton Place. The smokehouse was moved to Fiddlers Grove in 1994. Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Haskin and family

Erected 1994. (Marker Number 4.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 36° 11.835′ N, 86° 16.245′ W. Marker is in Lebanon, Tennessee, in Wilson County. It is in Fiddlers Grove Historic Village. It can be reached from Fiddlers Grove Court. Located in Fiddler's Grove Historic Village James E Ward Center Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Lebanon TN 37087, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this

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marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Thompson-Partlow Cabin and Smokehouse (here, next to this marker); Cartmell Cabin (here, next to this marker); Detached Kitchen (a few steps from this marker); Fiddlers Grove Jail (a few steps from this marker); Forbes Cabin (a few steps from this marker); Sam Houston Lawyer Office (a few steps from this marker); Dr. James Edmond Fisher's Office (within shouting distance of this marker); Wilson Bank of Wilson County (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lebanon.

Peyton Smokehouse image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Karen Emerson-McPeak, September 23, 2017

2. Peyton Smokehouse

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, June 8, 2024

3. Peyton Smokehouse Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on July 15, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 5, 2017, by Karen Emerson-McPeak of Triune, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 335 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 5, 2017, by Karen Emerson-McPeak of Triune, Tennessee. 3. submitted on June 13, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.