HINKLE, Michael – 115 Years Old (1875)
Knoxville Chronicle: Michael HINKLE, who lives two miles from Maryville, on the Friendsville road, is 115 years old. He has been living in Blount county fifteen years. He came there from Rowan county, North Carolina. He is in a fair state of preservation, has a good appetite, and is not bald, his hair being of a yellow color. He chops wood nearly every day, and does some other work. He has but little conversation, and his memory is defective.
Source: Jackson Sun newspaper, 27 Aug 1875, pg. 3.