Masengill Farm - Piney Flats, TN
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vhasler
N 36° 24.342 W 082° 20.677
17S E 379433 N 4029787
Henry Masengill established this farm on land bought from the Cherokees in March 1775.
Waymark Code: WMCGAT
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2011
Views: 3
The
TN Century Farms website notes on its main page that
"Founded in 1775, the oldest Century farm in Tennessee is the Masengill Farm in Sullivan County."
This farm was part of the Watagua Purchase from the Cherokee Nation made in 1775 - before the United States was founded. It has been an ongoing farm ever since with upgrades in equipment over the years.
Now managed as "Mary Lou Farms". Subsidy payments of a few hundred dollars per year have been received during past decade for tobacco and corn.
Physical Marker: yes
Additional Years of Recognition: 150+ years
Century Farm Website: [Web Link]
Retail Sales to the Public: no
Farm-fresh Products:
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