NC Gazetteer

Forge Mountain

A mountain in Henderson County
NW Henderson County between South Fork Mills River and Boylston Creek in Pisgah National Forest. Alt. 3,280. Granted to Philip Sitton about 1806 as a "forge bounty" where he manufactured iron for many years. Adjoining it was the Gillespie gun works, where long guns were fashioned from Sitton's iron.