The smokehouse behind the Visitor Center was built in 1803 and belonged to two of Tennessee’s early settlers, Samuel D. Weakley Sr. and his wife, Sarah Vaughn Weakley. The structure sat on their land in Nashville, Tennessee until 1998 when it was damaged by a tornado. At that time, it was moved to Historic Collinsville and reassembled at the settlement. Samuel Weakley was a respected citizen and land surveyor who surveyed much of Nashville and Clarksville. He died in 1832 in Montgomery County while surveying land in Palmyra. It is said that Samuel was friends with President Andrew Jackson, and they visited each other at the smokehouse.