Cook, Whiskey of Tennessee — Family memory defines Kirk as distiller, moonshiner, and bootlegger

Annotation

Family tradition; corroborate with cited newspapers and records.

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Cook, Whiskey of Tennessee — Inherited family account — PDF sheet 7

Context

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Excerpt ID

1815

Excerpt Text

The descendant story explains J.B. Kirk’s legal distilling, continued production under prohibition, and sales into dry territory through labels carried across generations.

Literature Notes

Whiskey of Tennessee — Full-Source Literature Note

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PDF sheet 7

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PDF sheet 7

Locator Type

Other

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Source Section

Inherited family account

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Tags

American Whiskey History and CultureTennesseeOral History and GenealogyHistorical Recovery and Public Memory

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