Historical records matching Col. Samuel Wear, Sr.
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About Col. Samuel Wear, Sr.
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Began military career in 1777 while still living in Rockbridge County, Virginia. By 1780, he had built and occupied Fort Wear in what is now Sevier County, TN. He was a Captain under Col.John Sevier at the battle of Kings Mountain, which happened in Oct, 1780. After the war, he was active in the convention convened to establish the State of Franklin. This attempt at statehood failed, and Col. Samuel Wear was then actively involved in the political convention that led to the establishment of the state of Tennessee. He was one of 4 representatives from Sevier County. Col Wear was the county clerk of Sevier county until his death in 1817. During the war of 1812, he was again pressed into service as a Colonel of a regiment of East Tennessee volunteers.
The surname is also sometimes seen as "Weir", which is the old Scottish spelling of the name, and is pronounced as if to rhyme with "fear"
Appears in "Isaac Thomas of Sevierville, Tennessee," compiled by Charlotte Bailey Wynn (1980)
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Col. Samuel Wear, Sr.'s Timeline
| 1753 |
February 26, 1753
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Augusta [Now Rockbridge] County, Virginia
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| 1780 |
October 4, 1780
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Fort Wear, Sevier County, Tennessee
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| 1781 |
November 4, 1781
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Pigeon Forge, Sevier, Tennessee
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| 1787 |
October 28, 1787
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| 1790 |
April 16, 1790
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Fort Wear, Sevier, TN
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| 1793 |
March 14, 1793
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Sevier, Tennessee
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| 1795 |
September 10, 1795
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Fort Wear, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States
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| 1800 |
November 13, 1800
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Wears Fort, Sevier County, Tennessee, United States
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