Editing Lincoln County, Tennessee (section)

==History==
Lincoln County was created in 1809 from parts of [[Bedford County, Tennessee|Bedford County]]. The land occupied by the county was part of a land cession obtained from the [[Cherokee]] and [[Chickasaw]] in 1806.<ref name=tehc />

The [[Lincoln County Process]], used in the distillation of [[Tennessee whiskey]], is named for this county, as the [[Jack Daniel Distillery]] was originally located there. However, a subsequent redrawing of county lines resulted in the establishment of adjacent [[Moore County, Tennessee|Moore County]], which includes the location of the distillery. Another distillery opened in Lincoln County in 1997 – the [[Benjamin Pritchard's Distillery]]. However, it does not use the Lincoln County Process for making its Tennessee whiskey. When a law was established in 2013 to require the Lincoln County Process to be used for making all Tennessee whiskey, the Benjamin Pritchard's Distillery was exempted by a [[grandfather clause]]. Southern Pride Distillery is the only Lincoln County distillery still using the Lincoln County Process for whiskey making.

On March 5, 2017, a poultry farm that distributes products to [[Tyson Foods]] was confirmed to have a reported a case of [[Influenza A virus subtype H7N9]] detected in [[birds]] resulting in the slaughter of 74,000 chickens.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2017/03/usda-kills-73500-tyson-bound-chickens-because-of-bird-flu/ |title=74,000 Tyson-owned birds depopulated in Lincoln County, Tennessee Avian Flu outbreak|date= March 8, 2017|first1=Dan|last1=Flynn |work=[[Food Safety News]]}}</ref>