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Pactolus Ironworks
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Moses Cavett built the ironworks located here before 1795. Shortly after that year, John Sevier, his son and son-in-law acquired it. It was owned later by E. & E. Embree, east Tennessee ironmasters, whose Pactolus Nail Factory, located ¼ mile downriver, was operated by Jonathan Wexler.
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