Petersburg Distillery 1907 The Petersburg Steam Mill Company was established in 1817 by a North Carolinian named John James Flournoy. The business was transformed into a distillery when two Virginian brothers purchased it in 1833. The Petersburg Distillery was the only distillery in Boone County and at one time the largest in the state of…
The Chicken Cock distillery was established in 1855 by a "Mr Foley" (Cecil 1999). It was located on Maysville Pike, 1/2-mile east of Paris.According to Cecil, the distillery passed through several hands between 1855 and 1882, including J A Miller, Wm Tarr, G A White and C Alexander.Insurance underwriter records compiled in 1892 suggest that…
Historical Marker #2206 notes the location of the H. E. Pogue Distillery, which operated for more than fifty years near Maysville. The Ohio River route into what became Kentucky was popular with settlers from Maryland, Pennsylvania, and northern Virginia. In time, the town of Limestone—which eventually became Maysville—developed on the banks of the river at…
The Hoffman Distillery was built on the banks of the Salt River in 1880 by S.O. Hackley. Soon after the distillery was built, he teamed up with Ike Hoffman and from there grew two well-known brands at the time; Old Hoffman and Old Spring. By 1912, Hoffman was the sole owner and went bankrupt. In…
The Samuels Distillery, RD#145, 5 th District, Nelson County, KY (1844-1920) 1844: Taylor William Samuels turned his father's farm distillery into a commercial operation known as T. W. Samuels & Son. The son's name was W I Samuels. 1892: Insurance underwriter records note that the distillery was of frame construction with a metal or slate…