Cherokee in Swain County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)

Keener Craft Shop

Rev. Horace Ulrich Keener

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022

1. Keener Craft Shop Marker

Inscription.
1st resident missionary to Cherokee Indians, appointed by Holston Conference, lived in this log cabin known as the original parsonage.

Built 1847.

This log cabin was purchased in 1959 from the Soco Community Club by Dr. Walter Miller then Chairman of Board of Missions of W.N.C.C.

This log cabin stands today as a tribute and memorial to Rev. Horace Ulrich Keener.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Architecture • Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1847.

Location. 35° 28.04′ N, 83° 16.457′ W. Marker is in Cherokee, North Carolina, in Swain County. It is at the intersection of Keener Cabin Road and Wolfetown Road (U.S. 19), on the right when traveling south on Keener Cabin Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cherokee NC 28719, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s Mountains and specifically in the Great Smoky Mountains.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper

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South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

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 original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Echota Mission (within shouting distance of this marker); Deer Clan (approx. 2.6 miles away); Trail of Tears (approx. 2.6 miles away); Blue Clan (approx. 2.6 miles away); Paint Clan (approx. 2.6 miles away); Museum of the Cherokee Indian (approx. 2.6 miles away); Wild Potato Clan (approx. 2.6 miles away); Sequoyah (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cherokee.

Also see . . . Ulrich and Sarah Duckett Keener's graves - Campground Cemetery in Jackson County, North Carolina. RootsWeb entry (Submitted on September 12, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022

2. Keener Craft Shop Marker

Keener Craft Shop image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tom Bosse, May 13, 2022

3. Keener Craft Shop

Tombstone of Ulrich and Sarah Duckett Keener image. Click for more information.

via RootsWeb, September 12, 2025

4. Tombstone of Ulrich and Sarah Duckett Keener

Campground Cemetery in Jackson County, North Carolina
RootsWeb website entry
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Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 16, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 838 times since then and 51 times this year. Last updated on July 6, 2026, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 16, 2022, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee. 4. submitted on September 12, 2025, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.