Amis House

Stone house built by Thomas Amis between 1781 & 1783. He served as Captain and Commissary of North Carolina troops in the Revolution and was present for the Battle of Sullivan's Island in South Carolina; was an original member of the Society of the Cincinnati; and served in the North Carolina Senate, 1788-1789, representing Hawkins County (then North Carolina, now Tennessee). He established a distillery, forge, store, and tavern here, where many notables stopped. Amis had previously served in the Provincial Congress (1776), as a justice of the peace, and as superintendent of commissary, with the rank of captain in the 3rd Regiment of Continental troops. Tours of the home and grounds are offered.