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

Wear's Fort

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

1. Wear's Fort Marker

Inscription. Col. Samuel Wear settled near the Mouth of Waldens Creek in 1783. He fought at Kings Mountain and later in Indian Wars, was first county court clerk of Sevier County. State of Franklin, and held the same office later under the territorial government and the State of Tennessee.

Erected by Tennessee Historical commission. (Marker Number 1C 16.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1783.

Location. 35° 48.405′ N, 83° 34.655′ W. Marker is in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, in Sevier County. It is on The Great Somky Mountains Highway (Route 441). 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Colonel Samuel Wear Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); Fort Wear (approx. 0.3 miles away); Shiloh Church (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Shiloh Church (approx. half a mile away); Henderson Springs Resort (approx. 0.7 miles away); Pine Grove Rural Community

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(approx. 0.8 miles away); Titanic’s Center Anchor (approx. one mile away); Early Pigeon Forge (approx. 1.8 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. one mile away but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, March 14, 2009

2. Wear's Fort Marker

Wear's Fort Marker taken May 2025 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mira Earls, May 1, 2025

3. Wear's Fort Marker taken May 2025

Credits. This page was last revised on August 30, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 19, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 2,681 times since then and 79 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 19, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. 3. submitted on August 23, 2025, by Mira Earls of Cortland, New York. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.