Oak Hill Farm
1280 Keeling Rd. Stanton, TN (Tipton Co.)
Circa 1834. Early settler Federal style
It is basically on the Tipton and Haywood Co. line. The main house is called the Taylor House. Capt. John “Jack” Taylor (1773-1847) came from Virginia. He purchased the land and built the main house as a wedding gift to his daughter Lucy Lyne Taylor (1820-1838) when she married a cousin Drury Smith Taylor (1805-1838) in 1835.
Initially, the focus was just on cotton farming. Drury died from illness, and a family friend Dr. James Bullock Maclin who tried to treat him ended up marrying his widow Lucy in 1839. Before the Civil War, many of the Taylor family went further west, but the Maclins remained and got 400 more acres. Capt. Taylor died, and they got 1,000 more acres. They continued to increase their land holdings. When Dr. Maclin died in 1860, the family had about 5,000 acres with 3,500 acres in Tipton/ Haywood Co. When Lucy died, the plantation lands were divided among family members.
In the mid-twentieth century, owner Lancelot Maclin, Jr. used different techniques for soil reclamation and terracing because the land was exhausted. Corn, cotton, swine, and horses were raised.
Listed as a Tennessee Century Farm. Oak Hill Farm currently has 213 acres. NR 1013
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