Near Sevierville in Sevier County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Wheatlands

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 23, 2021

1. Wheatlands Marker

Inscription.
Built in 1825

Wheatlands

Est. 1791

National Registry
of Historic Places

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Architecture. A significant historical year for this entry is 1825.

Location. 35° 55.133′ N, 83° 40.081′ W. Marker is near Sevierville, Tennessee, in Sevier County. It is at the intersection of Boyds Creek Highway (Tennessee Route 338) and Cedar Springs Valley Road, on the right when traveling east on Boyds Creek Highway. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sevierville TN 37876, 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.

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least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Battle of Boyd's Creek (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Great Indian Warpath (approx. 1.1 miles away); Steamboat Times on the French Broad (approx. 1.7 miles away); The Kelly Family Farm (approx. 2.3 miles away); Seven Islands Methodist Church (approx. 3 miles away); Major Hugh Henry (approx. 3½ miles away); Keener-Johnson Farm (approx. 4 miles away); Treaty of Dumplin Creek (approx. 4.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sevierville.

Regarding Wheatlands. Excerpt from the National Register nomination:

The original owner of Ler-Mac was John Chandler who came to the Boyd's Creek vicinity from the Rocky Springs Community in 1791. Chandler added various tracts of land to this original land grant and eventually accumulated about 4600 acres. His original home burned in 1824 and the home Wheatlands (later known as Ler-Mac) was built of handmade brick, heart pine floors and plastered walls and ceilings; the tin roof, now covered with shingles, was imported from England. The name Wheatlands was derived from Chandler's extensive wheat
via NPS, unknown

2. Wheatlands
National Register of Historic Places Digital Archive on NPGallery website entry
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fields. The farm also included a commissary, tannery and distillery. Chandler was a slave owner, but deplored the practice of breaking up families and selling individuals to different owners. By the outbreak of the Civil War he had accumulated 188 slaves.

The name of the home Ler-Mac is derived from taking syllables from the family names of Chandler and McMahon who married into the original owner's family. …

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 23, 2021

3. Wheatlands

Credits. This page was last revised on April 16, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 25, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 760 times since then and 48 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on October 25, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on April 16, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3. submitted on October 25, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.