page_title: Nathan "Nearest" Green
hierarchical_section_title: Nathan "Nearest" Green
caption_attribution_description: English: 19th century Jack Daniel bottle jug stencil found where Nearest Green distilled whiskey in the mid-to-late 1800s.
context_page_description: Nathan "Nearest" Green, incorrectly spelled "Nearis" in an 1880 census, was a black head stiller, commonly referred to now as a master distiller. Born into slavery and emancipated after the Civil War, he is known as the master distiller who taught distilling techniques to Jack Daniel, founder of the Jack Daniel Tennessee whiskey distillery. Green was hired as the first master distiller for Jack Daniel Distillery, but not until after his death was he recognized as the first. During his time he was not given the proper titles on the account he was a black man, and he was the first African-American master distiller on record in the United States.
context_section_description: Nathan "Nearest" Green (c. 1820 – ?), incorrectly spelled "Nearis" in an 1880 census, was a black head stiller, commonly referred to now as a master distiller. Born into slavery and emancipated after the Civil War, he is known as the master distiller who taught distilling techniques to Jack Daniel, founder of the Jack Daniel Tennessee whiskey distillery. Green was hired as the first master distiller for Jack Daniel Distillery, but not until after his death was he recognized as the first. During his time he was not given the proper titles on the account he was a black man, and he was the first African-American master distiller on record in the United States.
caption: 19th century Jack Daniel bottle jug stencil found 9" beneath ground surface where Nearest Green distilled whiskey in the mid-to-late 1800s.
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