Nathan "Nearest" Green
American master whiskey distiller (1820 –?)
Nathan "Nearest" Green (c. 1820 – after 1880), incorrectly spelled "Nearis" in an 1880 census, was an American head stiller, more commonly referred to as a master distiller.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Nathan "Nearest" Green (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born 1820, died 1890.1
About
Born into slavery and emancipated after the American Civil War, he taught his distilling techniques to Jack Daniel, founder of the Jack Daniel's Tennessee whiskey distillery. Green was hired as the first master distiller for Jack Daniel Distillery, and he is the first African-American master distiller on record in the United States.
From Wikipedia’s article on Nathan "Nearest" Green, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
Career
Occupation: distiller.5
- Date not recordedWorked at Jack Daniel's3
- Date not recordedFounded Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey4
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