Samuel Smith Memorial Park, Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA

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Samuel Smith Memorial Park, within the GH Smith Cemetery on Fort Campbell, Kentucky (Cemetery is within the Montgomery County, Tennessee portion of the base)

From this date on the cemetery and environs located at coordinates DR 468535, Fort Campbell Kentucky, are hereby designated as the SAMUEL SMITH MEMORIAL PARK in honor of Private Samuel Smith, a soldier in the Army of the United States during the American Revolution.

Samuel Smith was born in Warren County, North Carolina. He enlisted in the Army of the United States in 1778 in Warren County, North Carolina and, again, in 1779 with Captains Allen and Hopkins and Colonels Lytle and Green. He participated in the Battle of Brier Creek with great distinction. He later retired with private pension file number 7560. Samuel Smith died 16 January 1837 in Montgomery County, Tennessee and is interred in the cemetery in this park named in his honor.

The white pine tree was brought to TN as a seedling by Samuel Smith from Granville Co., NC in 1833. A history found in the Clarksville, TN, library states that the tree has been designated as the Samuel Smith Landmark Tree by the TN Urban Forestry Council and with its 135 ft height and age of 175 years is one of the largest and oldest living trees in Tennessee.