Content
Associated booksUse one authority record per real person or organization. Source-specific roles and credit order belong in Source Contributions.
Identity
Canonical identity
Preferred public name: Nathan “Nearest” Green. Normalized Sort Name: Green, Nathan “Nearest”.
Disambiguation
Formerly enslaved Tennessee distiller associated with Dan Call and Jack Daniel. Nineteenth-century titles, chronology, and “first” claims remain evidence-sensitive; distinguish archival evidence, family oral history, and later corporate recognition.
Authority summary
Nearest Green is central to the history and later recovery of African American participation in American whiskey. This authority record identifies the person; specific occupational and mentoring claims remain attached to separately evaluated evidence.
