Nearest Green

Tag Type

Person

Date

August 27, 2026

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Approved controlled term. Use the properties and boundaries below to preserve precise retrieval.

Definition

Nathan “Nearest” Green, a nineteenth-century Tennessee distiller associated with Dan Call, Jack Daniel, charcoal mellowing, and the Green family’s whiskey history.

Scope

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Use for the historical person. Distinguish him from the modern Uncle Nearest organization, and preserve uncertainty around name, identity, dates, title, and individual technical claims.

Boundary examples

Included: A tax ledger, family testimony, or company record concerning Nearest Green.
Excluded: A modern Uncle Nearest brand initiative with no claim about the historical person.

Governance

~~Preferred Label is concise and unambiguous.~~

~~Definition and primary Tag Type are present.~~

~~Parent Tag is assigned.~~

~~Aliases were checked for duplicates.~~

~~Scope Note records important boundaries.~~

~~Governance Status is Approved.~~

Usage notes

Created during the full-source processing of Love & Whiskey on 2026-08-27. Reevaluate only when corpus-wide use reveals an overlap, ambiguity, or missing narrower term.