Pactolus Iron Works
In 1811 the Embree brothers purchased the Walter King and Company
ironworks in Sullivan
County. The factory, often referred to as the King and Sevier Ironworks,
was located at the mouth
of Kendrick's Creek on the south fork of the Holston River, not far from
David Rosss property. At
that time, what is now the City of Kingsport was known as Christianville
or Rossville. Related
properties were transferred to the Embrees over a number of years from
1811 to 1823.
Moses Cavitt had originally established the ironworks in about 1789. He
had acquired the property
through a series of land grants. Moses Cavitt sold the Sullivan County
property on March 3, 1795 to
John Sevier, his son John Jr., and son-in-law Walter King who married
his fifth daughter Nancy. A
John King, presumably Walters father, had settled on a 400-acre land
grant on the Holston River in
1782. Maria King, daughter of Walter and Nancy King, was to become
Elijah Embrees second
wife.
When the Seviers and Walter King bought the property, which then
consisted of 585 acres, the price
was "965 pounds, Virginia money" [17]. King was the primary operator,
but the Seviers provided
most of the financing to buy and subsequently expand the ironworks. In
August 1895, John Sevier
"put into the hands of Walter King a 300 acre and a 640 acre warrant to
be laid on lands in Sullivan
Opposite the Iron Works on the No. 2 side of holsen, also a 200 acre &
640 acre warrants to be
laid on vacant land Adjoining the lands on Kendricks Creek" [18].
More at this url:
http://www.uriel.com/history/ironwork.htm
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