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The Belle of Nelson Distillery |
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City directory listings for their business office in Louisville locate the distillery in Homestead, KY. until 1885, then New Hope from 1886 on. Cecil echoes this in his history, suggesting that the Belle of Nelson brand originated with Mattingly & Moore, but that they sold out to Bartley, Johnson & Co. in 1881. The new owners moved production to New Hope. Louisville city directories for 1884-1885 identify officers of the Belle of Nelson Distillery Co. as being W T Bartley, Pres., H J Tilford, Sec. 1892 insurance underwriter records note that the distillery was frame construction with a metal or slate roof. Slops from the mashing process were fed to cattle, housed in a frame barn. There were three warehouses and an annex as follows: Warehouse A, No. 1 -- iron clad with a metal or slate roof 327 ft west of the still house. This was a free warehouse and located on a hill top. Warehouse B, No. 2 -- iron clad with a metal or slate roof 160 ft south of the still house. This was also located on a hill top. Warehouse C, No. 3 -- iron clad with a metal or slate roof 260 ft SW of the still house. Annex -- iron clad with a metal or slate roof 210 ft SW of the still house. Bartley, Johnson & Co. sold out to the Trust in 1900. (Cecil, p. 122) |
Internal Revenue recorded warehouse transactions for The Belle of Nelson Distillery as follows:
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