The J R Walker Distillery, RD#434, 8 th District, Anderson County, KY (1892-1904)

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The J R Walker Distillery
RD #434, 8 th District
Anderson County, KY

"Formerly the J M Walker distillery, #166" (1892).

Insurance underwriter records compiled in 1892 suggest that the distillery was of frame construction with a metal or slate roof, built on a stone basement. The property included cattle sheds and four warehouses:
Warehouse A or No. 1 -- , iron-clad and located 90 ft west of the still
Warehouse B or No. 2 -- , iron-clad with a metal or slate roof, located 160 ft north of the still
Warehouse C or No. 3 -- , iron-clad with a metal or slate roof, located 140 ft NW of the still
A Free Warehouse -- frame construction with a metal or slate roof, 200 ft NW of the still.

At that time, it was being operated byJ R Walker, as Rock Castle Distilling Co. and as J H McBrayer.

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Internal Revenue recorded warehouse transactions for The J R Walker Distillery as follows:
( explain: origin of these records, letter codes )

1898: J R Walker, as Rock Castle Distilling Co. -- T, W
1898: J R Walker, as J H McBrayer -- T, W
1898: J R Walker -- T, B, X, E, G, W
1901: J R Walker -- T, G, B, W
1903: J R Walker -- T, G, W
1904: J R Walker -- T, W

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