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ATTRACTIONS of SEVIERVILLE
| Forbidden Caverns 455 Blowing Cave Rd One of America's most spectacular caves With special lighting effects, stereophonic sound presentation and sparkling formations Beautiful sparkling formations, natural chimneys, tumbling waterfalls Open daily, April through Oct., admission |
| Smoky Mountain Deer
Farm & Petting Zoo 478 Happy Hollow Lane Over 100 deer, pet and feed them right from your hand Petting zoo includes zebra, miniature horses, exotic cattle and much more Pony rides for kids Admission charged |
DOWN TOWN SEVIERVILLE (As seen 5/05/00)
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| Commerce Street from Court past Lera |
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| Bruce Street from Highway 441 to Court |
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| Bruce Street from Court to Highway 441 |
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 Central Hotel & Davis Hotel |
 Downtown of the 1920's |
Sevier County Courthouse
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Behind this plaque is Sevierville's Bicentennial Time Capsule 1795 - 1995. Dedicated July 8, 1995. To be opened July 8, 2045. |
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Dedication to the Sevier County Veterans, Past - Present - Future, November 11, 1995, Vernon Dale Gillespie, Sculptor |  |
In recognition of the Merchant Marines and other groups who are combatant services in war |
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DOLLY This statue of Dolly Parton was erected through the generosity of the people of Sevier County dedicated May 3, 1987. |
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This rose garden is dedicated to the memory of all Sevier County Ruritans by the Sevier County Ruritan Club |
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Sevier County Public Square Reconstruction
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PUBLIC SQUARE HISTORY This old town square served as Sevier County's busiest and most important commercial center for over a century and a half. From 1795 until 1897, Sevier County's pioneer courthouses, jails, stock, and gallows stood here. Many structures which served as homes, hotels, liveries, general merchandise, hardware stores, mills, along with the jails and courthouses were destroyed by fires and floods over the years. The Public Square continued to emerge as a vital area of activity until the center, affectionately called "Tea Pot Dome" was destroyed in the widening of U S 441 and 411. Today, what remains are the four areas symbolizing the original eight corners with columns and parks in honor of our city and county's past. Through generous contributions of hundreds of individuals, this square was renovated for Sevier County's Bicentennial in 1985 and Tennessee's Homecoming in '86 Celebration. Sevier Museum of History and Art. Dedicated March 7, 1986. |
| Public Square - Atchley Corner |
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LAMP POST MEMORIAL S Gean Isenberg (1910 - 1982)- Sevier County Bank Burden Brothers Contractors (1920 - 1933)- George Burden/Stewart Burden, Owners |
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FLAG POLES Atchley Funeral Home- Established 1920 Daughters of the American revolution- Spencer Clark Chapter W C Henderson (1874 - 1938)- Sevier County Bank, Sevierville Grain & Feed, Central Hotel |
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This fountain has been erected to the memory of Sanders L Atchley (1871 - 1949). The riches of a city are its good citizens. Donated by Anna Atchley McClure. |
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This Public Square Area has been erected to the memory of AMBROSE M PAINE (1866 - 1947), first mayor of Sevierville, 1901, attorney, Judge of Second Judicial Circuit, State of Tennessee. "Public Servants Make A Good Community". Donated by Mr and Mrs E W Paine. |
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This Public Square Area has been erected to the memory of Cyrus L Thurman (1887 - 1963). A life of change to better serve the community's needs. Mack Carrier, Businessman, City Official. Donated by Fleeta Thurman Williams. |
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This Public Square Area has been erected to the memory of Ralph M Murphy (1900 - 1982). His life was public service. Sevierville Postmaster (1935 - 1970), church leader, city official. Donated by Willie Kate Brown Murphy. |
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THOMAS ATCHLEY (1755 - 1836) A soldier of the Colonial Army of 1775, and a veteran of the American Revolution, (1776-1781), Thomas Atchley served alongside private Andrew Jackson in 1794 under the command of Brigadier General James Robertson in the Indian Wars of the lower Tennessee led by Major Ore. During the State of Franklin, Thomas Atchley and his wife, Lydia Richards |
| (1762-1850) settled along Alder
Branch, a tributary of the French Broad River in 1788. The
Atchley's were farmers and had twelve children. Forty-four years after their arrival
in Sevier County, they with others organized and chartered in their home the Alder Branch
Baptist Church in 1830. Sevier Museum of History and Art dedicated March 7, 1986 |
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ISAAC THOMAS (1735 - 1819) A soldier of the American Revolution, Isaac Thomas guided John Sevier's army to King's Mountain as well as serving with him in many battles against the Indians. Believed to the first permanent white settler in this area, Thomas lived with and traded among the Cherokee Indians. |
| His home at "the forks of the Little Pigeon"
served as the setting for the first Sevier County Court, Territory of the United States
south of the River Ohio. In 1794. Thomas suggested the
settlement be named "Sevierville" in 1795 in honor of his
friend and companion. General John Sevier with his wife Elizabeth Massengill (1759-1832).
Thomas reared his large family upon their vast land holdings along the west prong of the
Little Pigeon River near this site. Sevier Museum of History and Art. Dedicated March 7, 1986. |
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TIMOTHY REAGAN (1750 -
1830) A soldier of the American revolution, Timothy Reagan fought in the Battle of Brandywine in 1777 with Major General Marquis deLafayette where both men were wounded. In 1795, Reagan forged into the wilderness of the Middle Creek area of Sevier County being instrumental in the construction of Lawson's Fort. |
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first stocks used by the Sheriff of Sevier County. Reagan was a farmer and
blacksmith by trade but was well known by the early pioneers for his Irish sense of
humor. He and his wife, Elizabeth Trigg (1760-1830), were the p-progenitors of many Sevier County descendants, most
notably, John Henniger Reagan (1818-1905), a Postmaster General of the Confederate States of
America and later a United States Senator from the State of Texas Sevier Museum of History and Art. Dedicated March 7, 1986. |
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JAMES McMAHAN (1750 - 1831) First register of deeds of Sevier County, Tennessee, in 1798, James McMahan set aside the original twenty-five acres for the creation of the township at "The Forks of the Little Pigeon" in 1795. An immigrant from Ireland, McMahan was married to Rachel Calvert (1770-1840). |
| A descendant of George Calvert, Lord of
Baltimore. They made Sevier County their home, rearing their thirteen children
on their vast farmland along the east prong of the Little Pigeon River including this site
of Sevierville's Public Square. Sevier Museum of History and Art. Dedicated March 7, 1986. |
| Public Square - Mitchell Corner |
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| TREE MEMORIALS Amos T Marshall (1856 - 1923) Roy C Marshall (1885 -
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M B McMahan (1856
- 1914) Bank of Sevierville Mayor (1908-1909) Attorney Emery Trotter (1882
- 1952) |
| LAMP POST MEMORIAL J Ed Emert (1878 - 1946)- Sevierville Hardware, Mayor (1927 - 1931) Macdonald Brown (1850 - 1928)- Brown's Livery |
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WILLIAM M WHALEY (1789 - 1880) One of the many volunteers of the War of 1812 which earned Tennessee its nickname, William Whaley came to Sevier County in 1810. A farmer and later Baptist minister, Whaley married in 1811 Mary Ann Ogle (1799-1826). A resident of the White Oak Flats area, now known as Gatlinburg. Miss Ogle was the daughter of William Ogle (1756-1803) and Martha Huskey Ogle |
| (1760-1826), who chartered the White Oak Flats Baptist
Church with the Whaley's and others in 1817 to become an arm of the "Church in the
Forks." The Whaley's in 1830 settled in Greenbriar along the banks of the
Middle Prong of the Little Pigeon River near the current boundary of the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park. Their ten sons and five daughters produced many descendants
of Sevier County. Sevier Museum of History and Art. Dedicated March 7, 1986. |
| Public Square - Emert Corner |  |
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THE MAYORS OF THE CITY OF
SEVIERVILLE Several attempts were made in the incorporation of the city of Sevierville since its founding in 1795, but it was not until 1901 that a continuous chartered city government was established. Ambrose M Paine was elected Sevierville's first mayor on May 2, 1901 having received his law degree from the University of Tennessee that same year. The son of a minister, he had moved with his family to Sevier County in 1886. An active businessman and state Democratic Party leader, Mr Paine was appointed by Governor Tom Rye to the judgeship of the Second Judicial Circuit of Tennessee in 1916. |
| A M Paine | 1901 - 1904 | A T Marshall | 1904 - 1906 | W A Catlett | 1906 - 1908 |
| M B McMahan | 1908 - 1909 | W S Murphy | 1909 - 1913 | H C Blair | 1913 - 1915 |
| J B Waters | 1915 - 1917 | J S Ballard | 1917 - 1919 | J L Thornton | 1919 - 1921 |
| B W Murphy | 1921 - 1927 | J Ed Emert | 1927 - 1931 | S L Atchley | 1931 - 1933 |
| Roy C Marshall | 1933 - 1938 | Bert C Ketner | 1938 - 1945 | J Reed Wade | 1945 - 1947 |
| R S Howard | 1947 - 1951 | Robert L Ogle Jr | 1951 - 1953 | Ronald J Ingle | 1953 - 1958 |
| J A Temple | 1958 - 1963 | Roy C Newman | 1963 - 1969 | Robert S Howard | 1969 - 1971 |
| H F Lawson | 1971 - 1973 | J Cliff Davis | 1973 - 1977 | Gary R Wade | 1977 - 1987 |
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BENCH MEMORIAL Jay Sneed (1917 - 1985)- Jay Sneed Auto Service |
| Public Square - Hotel Corner |
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BENCH MEMORIAL J N G Fox, Sr (1851 - 1933). Atchley Dry Goods, Sevier County Bank |
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This Public Square Area has been erected to the memory of Sanders L Atchley (1871 - 1949). A lifetime of service to his community. Sevier County Bank manager and director (1910 - 1949). Farmer, Businessman, Church Leader, Mayor of Sevierville (1931 - 1933). Donated by Anna Atchley McClure. |
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James A Farfley, Postmaster General. John M Carmody, Federal Works Administration. Louis A Simon, Supervising Architect. Neal A Melick, Supervising Engineer. 1940 |
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IN MEMORY OF ISAAC THOMAS A soldier of the American Revolution, a trader with the Indians and scout to Kings Mountain who carried the message of warning from Nancy Ward to the Watauga settlers, thus saving the lives of the Tennessee pioneers from massage by the Indians. The first settler in Sevier County. One half mile west is located his home in which was held the first Court of the County. He was the original granter of the land on which is now located Murphy Collegiate Institute. Erected by the Nancy Ward Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, Chattanooga Tenn, 1920. |
HISTORY of SEVIERVILLE
| Incorporated in 1887 Named after John Sevier, both county and town |
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SEVIERVILLE Settled about 1783, this town, first called "Forks of Little Pigeon," was organized as county seat of Sevier County, 1795. Indian trader, Isaac Thomas' home was first courthouse, fort, and tavern. James McMahon gave 25 acre tract for the town, which was later named for John Sevier, first governor of the state |
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Isaac Dockery
(1832-1910) A native of Sevier County, Isaac Dockery, an African-American brick maker and mason established brick kilns near Sevierville. After the Civil War, he built or made bricks for many buildings in Sevierville, including the Masonic Lodge (1893), New Salem Baptist Church (1886), and the Sevier County Courthouse (1896). A talented master builder, he taught several generations of local brick masons. |
HOMES of SEVIERVILLE
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CHURCHES of SEVIERVILLE
| Church of God Home for Children |
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| First Baptist Church |
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OUR CHURCH STEEPLE A gift in memory of: Mr and Mrs A J King Sr by the A J King Jr family |
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April 4, 1976 open - April 2001 PROPHECY OF THE FUTURE by First Baptist Church youth |
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IN REMEMBRANCE
OF John E Temple (January 18,1892 - August 18, 1975) M Russell Hughes (June 30, 1928 - February 10, 1978) "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" Ecclesiastics 3:1 Bell dedication July 4, 1976 |
| First United Methodist Church |
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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH M E Church South (1853 - 1893) M E Church (1883 - 1908) United (1940) |
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First United Methodist Church (1970) |
| Fellowship Baptist Church |
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FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH Founded by Rev T Lee Owenby July 19, 1979 |
LIBRARY of SEVIERVILLE
| Sevier County Public Library 321 Court Ave
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PARKS of SEVIERVILLE
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STATISTICS for SEVIERVILLE
| POPULATION of SEVIERVILLE |
| 1960 | 2,890 |
| 1970 | 2,661 |
| 1980 | 5,444 |
| 1990 | 7,178 |
| LOCATION CODES for SEVIERVILLE |
| Zip | 37862 |
VISITOR CENTERS of SEVIERVILLE
| Sevierville Chamber of Commerce | P.O. Box 285 200 High St Sevierville 37862 |
| VISITOR CENTER of SEVIERVILLE |
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