Just a little local history to make your visit more interesting.

The state of Tennessee was created from the state of North Carolina in 1796, Lincoln County officially became recognized by the State of Tennessee in 1809. However, settlers had already beginning taking advantage of the land grants given them for their service in the Revolutionary War as early as 1803.

Davy Crockett and his first wife Polly lived in the county for two years. He meet up with Andrew Jackson, and Sam Houston at what was called Camp Blount (still a local meeting place but better known as WalMart) to go fight the Indians where they had built a fort at Horseshoe Bend (now in Alabama). Davy and Sam Houston both received wounds at the battle and were treated by a local physician that had gone along named Dr. Charles Clinton McKinney.  They both credited Dr. McKinney with saving their lives.

Left to Right: Dr. McKinney, Davy Crocket, Sam Houston, and Andrew Jackson

Davy moved to an adjoining county after Polly’s death. The men of the area say that he had killed off all of the bear, the women say that his second wife wanted a newer cabin (one that Polly had not established). While living in this area he served in Congress. Davy was defeated when he ran for his second term by a man with a wooden foot. Upset over this he told the people of Tennessee that, "The people of Tennessee and 'Old Wooden Toe' could go to hell, he was going to Texas." Well the rest is history.

As families settled throughout Lincoln County they would first clear the land for a home and farm (and quite often a distillery). Lincoln County has been quite famous for it’s whiskey, furs, mules, and horses. When a Chicago Hotel wanted to order some more whiskey from Lincoln County. The Hotel Manager didn’t know what to call the Whiskey he just asked for some more of that "Old # 7" - The # 7 being the number on the invoice . The Whiskey sold at that time as Lincoln County Whiskey is better know by it’s present day name of "Jack Daniels".

As the people died they were buried on their own property or at a church near by. Schools, and General Stores were often built near these churches. These communities usually were no more then a few hours on horse back apart. Mills (water or horse/mule powered), more schools, general stores, later post offices, and rail road stations where established usually separated by a day ride on horse back. As the need for mills and rail were replaced with more modern transportation the economic importance of these communities decreased. However, the people of these areas still have a strong sense of community. Many of these communities have changed names numerous times over the years. The communities were often named after a settler or other reasons long lost to history. Then the names were often changed later to represent the name of the mill owner, and then  again based on the post master and/or the owner of the store that served as the rail road station. For example Dellrose was first know as Roosterville, but the founder was named Hog Bruce. It's only been a village since 1849.

Mary and Jerry Herberson moved to the Dellrose community in 1983. They purchased what was at that time known as the Ott Pogue place. Having young children and lots of land a mixture of various critters for  was soon to follow. However, with the critters came the chores of taking care of them. After the newness of all of the animals wore off came the belly aching over having to take care of them. So Mary named the place ‘Bell-e-Acres’.