Claim Citation Readiness
Claim Count
2
Claim Fact-Check Status
Claims
Contributors
Date Precision
Year range
Destination URL
Display Date
1893–1908
End Sort Year
1908
Era
Expansion and Industrialization
Event ID
90
Evidence Confidence
Strong
Featured?
Geography
Greenbrier, Robertson County, Tennessee
Historical Significance
Supplies a dated primary-document sequence that makes Louisa Nelson’s formal business or facility attribution visible without conflating that evidence with unsupported claims about her daily technical role.
Last Reviewed
September 2, 2026
Publication Status
Published
Record Type
Period
Research Notes
The same official nomination narratively foregrounds Charles Nelson while reproducing maps that name Louisa. Present this as a contrast in source framing, not evidence of deliberate erasure. Later 1913 and 1921 sheets retain the business style but mark the plant inactive or altered.
Scope
American Whiskey Core
Start Sort Year
1893
Summary
Four reproduced Sanborn sheets label the operating Greenbrier Distillery under the business style “Louisa Nelson as Chas. Nelson.”
Thematic Lanes
People and LaborBusiness and MarketsPublic Memory and Myth
Timeline Date
January 1, 1893 → December 31, 1908