Williamson County Historical Society 2005
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David Stanley ordered the machinery at the factory and the stones of the grist mill destroyed but he spared the factory store after taking four wagon loads of flour and a wagon full of whiskey. Other antebellum owners included Anderson and Baldwin (1833), Plunkett & Parkes (1843). By 1825 Dyer Pearl, Thomas Parkes and Joseph L Campbell operated a steam powered cotton and grist mill on East Margin and owned lot 20 upon which was built a brick store in the Greek revival style, complete with 4 distinctive Doric columns supporting a Grecian pediment. In 1799 Franklin founder Abram Maury sold lot 20 to Joseph McBride. During my explorations I discovered this historic building, a survivor of the historic Battle of Franklin, one of the most decisive in Civil War history, more details of which are covered on an adjacent plaque: I was in the remarkable old Tennessee town of Franklin covering the Southern Whiskey Society annual event. Niall Taylor, Glastonbury, Somerset, England. In all seriousness, we are privileged to have this contribution from such an experienced and accomplished journalist on a fascinating, little known subject. There follows one such piece from high-flying, motorbike riding, whiskey drinking, international photo journalist Jim Leggett, a long-standing member of the HV Morton Society formerly of Glasgow (a Scottish city to the west of Edinburgh), now resident in the US of A!
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