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James McMahan ~ 1750 -1831
W. Main St (U.S. 441) near Court Ave., Sevierville,
TN ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
35° 52' 7.86",
-83° 33' 54"
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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First Register of deeds of Sevier County, Tennessee, in 1796, 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.
Erected 1986 by Sevier Museum of History and Art.
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James McMahan ~ 1750 -1831 Historical Marker Location Map, Sevierville, Tennessee Map
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