Fiddlers Grove Historic Village in Lebanon in Wilson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Livesay Mill

Photographed by Karen Emerson-McPeak, circa September 30, 2017

1. Livesay Mill Marker

Inscription.
Livesay Mill was built in 1879 on the Clinch River at Kyles Ford near the Tennessee Virginia State Line in Hancock County. The Grist Mill was water powered using a pair of grinding stones to grind corn for meal and wheat for flour. According to deed records, S.W. Carter and John Livesay along with other family members settled in Sneedville prior to the Civil War.

The Grist Mill was one of the most needed facilities in pioneer days and was always busy. The millhouse was built in Fiddlers Grove in 2006 and the Grist Mill was installed and became operational during the Wilson County Fair in 2006.

Mr. Jerry McFarland acquired the mill and donated it to Fiddlers Grove in 2005.

Erected 2005. (Marker Number 45.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1879.

Location. 36° 11.806′ N, 86° 16.223′ W. Marker is in Lebanon, Tennessee, in Wilson County. It is in Fiddlers Grove Historic Village. It can be reached from East Baddour Parkway (U.S. 70) near James E Ward Center Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 945 E Baddour Pkwy, Lebanon TN 37087, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Middle Tennessee

and in Greater Nashville.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

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within walking distance of this marker: Weaving House (within shouting distance of this marker); Melrose Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Three Forks Post Office (within shouting distance of this marker); Cobblers Shop (within shouting distance of this marker); Printing Office (within shouting distance of this marker); Original meeting place of the Gladeville Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Rice Cabin (within shouting distance of this marker); Wilson Bank of Wilson County (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lebanon.

Also see . . . Fiddlers Grove. Website homepage (Submitted on November 1, 2017.)

Livesay Mill and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Karen Emerson-McPeak, September 30, 2017

2. Livesay Mill and Marker

Photographed by Kevin W., June 17, 2024

3. Livesay Mill and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 30, 2017, by Karen Emerson-McPeak of Triune, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 2,579 times since then and 44 times this year. Last updated on June 17, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 30, 2017, by Karen Emerson-McPeak of Triune, Tennessee. 3. submitted on June 18, 2024, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.