Monday, March 21, 2011

Hacker Martin











Photos of Hacker Martin supplied by Bill Ruggie and scanned by Robert Weil. 
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  1. Pete LippsMay 19, 2017 at 8:30 PM

    I grew up with Hacker Martin's grandson, Sammy Martin, also have a rifle of Hackers found this page looking for Hackers gun maker mark. My name is Pete Lipps, I never knew Hacker, my father did, but duringf summer school break Sammy would go help his Grandpa Hacker. I used to get a real kick out of him telling me about peeing in the barrells for something I've done forgot what now, maybe to age or brown them? I am at lipps1948@gmail.com. There not much of anything I could add to the stories though. I would add pictures of my Hacker if upload was showing here, it's almost identical to what Hacker is holding in your pictures.

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  2. TheCookAugust 30, 2018 at 5:01 PM

    I went with John Bivins to visit Hacker Martin at his mill and home near Appomattox in 1967 or '68. It was dark, so all I remember is the towering mill and the rush of water. We went inside the mill and saw his equipment set up to be powered by the mill. We went over to his house and sat and talked in the kitchen, which was the only warm room. It was a conventional 1950s kitchen with a white enamel sink, but instead of spigots there was a 1-inch galvanized pipe sticking out over the sink. It was threaded on the end but had no spigot and was running a continuous stream of water. Hacker said that it was spring fed and that he allowed it to run all the time so that it would not freeze in cold weather. I have a plain powder horn which he made and I bought at the time.

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  3. CherylJuly 30, 2020 at 1:26 PM

    Can anyone tell me if the mill in the above pictures was from Hacker Martin's place near Appomattox or in Washington County, TN. THANKS!

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  4. Pete LippsJuly 30, 2020 at 2:28 PM

    Washington county

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    1. CherylJuly 30, 2020 at 2:54 PM

      This is so wonderful. Thank you for such a quick response! Four years ago, we bought a gristmill in Washington County, TN. My family settled the land c.1783 and owned the gristmill. The town was later named after them - Broylesville. To help preserve the history of all the Washington County, TN mills, I have been researching them from c 1770 onward. Probably a life-long project. I know the Martin Hacker mill was moved to Norris but have only seen one photo of it prior to the move so this was very exciting to me. Thank you again!! Cheryl

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    2. AnonymousJune 7, 2023 at 1:32 PM

      Do you have the photo prior to being moved. I believe it was owned by my 5th grandfather Nicholas Alexander Isenberg who settled in flourville in 1802!

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  5. Nathan JohnsonMarch 22, 2022 at 12:57 PM

    My brother and I are both named after Hacker Martin. My father, Dr. N.C. Johnson was a long time friend. Hacker Martin greatly influenced his life.

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    1. CherylApril 2, 2022 at 2:14 PM

      I am collecting photographs and stories and tidbits about Hacker Martin's mill in Washington County, TN. Did you ever go to this mill? Do you have anything you can share or anything your dad told you? The smallest of things are important to me. Photos? Thank you!!

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  6. AnonymousJuly 15, 2022 at 8:31 AM

    One of the Foxfire Books has a lot of detail on Hacker

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  7. AnonymousJuly 19, 2022 at 5:46 PM

    My father and Hacker were great friends, my father was also a gunmaker . Robert Chadwick, I have the Muzzleloader featuring Hacket and his wife. One time when I was at the mill I was just a little kid , there was a bee in the window and Hacker said the way to smash a bee is to hold your breath and he smashed it with his thumb, I was amazed …I have other pictures of Hacker and Dad.

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  8. AnonymousOctober 15, 2022 at 10:01 AM

    I purchase property he used to live and I would like to get more info about the Old Mill please
    Anything pictures or any info will be kindly appreciated

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