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this coffee table probably has the most interesting story, the wood was recovered in green county T.N. not to far from limstone which holds the birth place of davey crockett (should be noted that davey was born in 1786 and passed in 1836 & the civil war was from 1861 to 1865 ) as i was working the wood i found a 6"+ 1/4"x1/4" hand wrought nail rather spike. A trusted blacksmith friend of mine (that still uses coal to fashion his craft specializing in celtic weaponry) dated the barn pre civil war due to the spike that i pulled out of one of the tounge and groove beams used for a three inch floor in the loft of the barn ,and because the spike was already broke when i got it it could've went 9-12"
now the spike puts the barn at least 149 if my friend is correct and as far as i can tell davey crockett at the age of thirteen ran away from home (being just before the turn of the century) not returning home for some thirty months it may be quite the strech to give the barn another 40 yrs to even remotely connect the two
i dont know if either of these pieces of history even brushed up against each other but i did find it fun to just imagine … mabey i built a table with the very boards that supported a young davey crockett as he slept homlessly in a barn as he was carving out his story, naawwww
but the heart pine was exceptional
now the spike puts the barn at least 149 if my friend is correct and as far as i can tell davey crockett at the age of thirteen ran away from home (being just before the turn of the century) not returning home for some thirty months it may be quite the strech to give the barn another 40 yrs to even remotely connect the two
i dont know if either of these pieces of history even brushed up against each other but i did find it fun to just imagine … mabey i built a table with the very boards that supported a young davey crockett as he slept homlessly in a barn as he was carving out his story, naawwww
but the heart pine was exceptional