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Pigeon Forge in Sevier County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
 

Shiloh Church

 
 
Shiloh Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009
1. Shiloh Church Marker
Inscription. in 1802 Methodist Bishop Francis Asbury preached in the home of Mitchel Porter, Revolutionary Veteran, who lived 2 miles north of Sevier County and preached in the newly built log chapel, 400 yards west of here. Shiloh Cemetery grew up around this chapel
 
Erected by Tennessee Historical commission. (Marker Number 1C 4.)
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious StructuresWar, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Francis Asbury, Traveling Methodist Preacher, and the Tennessee Historical Commission series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1802.
 
Location. 35° 48.843′ N, 83° 34.711′ W. Marker is in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in Sevier County. It is on Henderson Chapel Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pigeon Forge TN 37863, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee and in the Great Smoky Mountains. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, the State of Franklin, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Shiloh Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Pine Grove Rural Community (approx. 0.4 miles away); Titanic’s Center Anchor (approx. half a mile away); Wear's Fort (approx. half a mile away); Colonel Samuel Wear Memorial (approx.
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0.6 miles away); Fort Wear (approx. 0.6 miles away); Henderson Springs Resort (approx. one mile away); Early Pigeon Forge (approx. 2.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Pigeon Forge.
 
Another marker is no longer nearby. Titanic Eternal Flame (was approx. half a mile away but has been permanently removed).
 
Shiloh Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009
2. Shiloh Church Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,743 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 19, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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Jun. 20, 2026