Samuel Wear
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Samuel Wear was an American Revolutionary War soldier who fought at the Battle of Kings Mountain. He was one of the early inhabitants of, and a founder of, the "Lost State of Franklin". He later helpe
Monument honoring Samuel Wear in Pigeon Forge City Park
Wears Valley, Tennessee
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Wears Valley is an unincorporated community in Sevier County, Tennessee that was formerly treated by the U.S. Census Bureau as a census county division. As of the 2000 Census, the population of Wears
Samuel Wear
…Revolution, Indian,1812; One of the Heroes of Kings Mountain, and a Founder of the State of Franklin. This monument is erected by his decendents." [sic] Wears Valley is named for Wear. Although the original name of the valley was "Crowson Cove," after its first settler, Aaron Crowson, the valley was using its current…
Roundtop Mountain overlooking Wears Valley
Cove Mountain rising above Wears Valley
Aaron Crowson's grave at Crowson Cemetery in Wears Valley
The Peter Brickey House, constructed ca. 1808