Editing Lynchburg, Tennessee (section)

==Notable people==
* [[Jimmy Bedford]] (1940&ndash;2009), sixth master distiller at [[Jack Daniel's]].<ref>Hevesi, Dennis. [https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/11/business/11bedford.html "Jimmy Bedford, Guardian of Jack Daniel’s, Dies at 69"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', August 10, 2009. Accessed August 11, 2009.</ref>
* [[Davy Crockett]] (1786&ndash;1836), American frontiersman, who lived in what is now Lynchburg from 1811 to 1813.
* [[Bill Dance (television host)|Bill Dance]] (born 1940), angler and host of ''[[Bill Dance Outdoors]]'', who resided in Lynchburg during the summers of his childhood and learned to fish in Lynchburg's Mulberry Creek.
* Jasper Newton Daniel, ''aka'' [[Jack Daniel]] (1846&ndash;1911), founder of [[Jack Daniel's|Jack Daniel's Distillery]]. <ref>{{Cite web |date=January 5, 2023 |title=The History of Jack Daniels |url=https://www.timsford411.com/blog/jack-daniels-distillery-the-legacy-of-an-american-icon |access-date=January 20, 2024}}</ref>
* [[Nathan "Nearest" Green]] (c.1820–?), former slave, a distiller who trained and worked with Jack Daniel's.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2017/07/21/ex-slave-who-trained-jack-daniel-gets-new-recognition/498391001/|title=Ex-slave who trained Jack Daniel gets new recognition|work=USA TODAY|access-date=August 15, 2017}}</ref>
* [[Little Richard]] (1932–2020), American rock and roll artist, resided in Lynchburg.<ref>Paulson, Dave. [https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/05/09/little-richard-dies-87-rock-and-roll-legend-called-nashville-home-years/3102234001/ "Little Richard dies at 87: Rock and roll legend called Tennessee home"], ''[[The Tennessean]]'', May 9, 2020. Accessed February 4, 2021.</ref>
* [[Bobby Majors]] (born 1949), [[Tennessee Volunteers football|Tennessee Volunteers]] and [[NFL]] football player
* [[Johnny Majors]] (born 1935), [[College Football Hall of Fame]], [[All-American]] tailback at the [[University of Tennessee]] and head coach of the [[Iowa State Cyclones football|Iowa State Cyclones]] from 1968 to 1972, [[Pittsburgh Panthers football|Pittsburgh Panthers]] 1973&ndash;76, 1993–96, and the Tennessee Volunteers 1977&ndash;1992.
* [[Shirley Majors]] (1913&ndash;1981), patriarch of the Majors football family and former head coach at [[Sewanee: The University of the South]] from 1957 to 1977.
* [[Lem Motlow]] (1869&ndash;1947), nephew of [[Jack Daniel]] and second owner of [[Jack Daniel's|Jack Daniel's Distillery]], who also served in the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]] and the [[Tennessee Senate]].
* [[Reagor Motlow]] (1898&ndash;1978), great-nephew of [[Jack Daniel]] and co-owner with his siblings of [[Jack Daniel's|Jack Daniel's Distillery]]. Motlow also served in the [[Tennessee House of Representatives]] and the [[Tennessee Senate]].
* [[F. E. Riddle]] (born 1870), American attorney born in Lynchburg and studied law under Judge Samuel A. Billingsley, moved to Oklahoma and became a Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court.