The Old Time Distillery, RD#3, 7 th District, Mason County, KY (1866-)

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The Old Time Distillery
RD #3, 7 th District
Mason County, KY

Cecil (p. 113) has this listed as RD #22 in the 6th District, but the distillery was actually #RD 3 of the 7th District of KY.

The distillery was probably built around 1866 and was operated by John N Thomas and Henry E Pogue. The company incorporated in 1876, becoming the H E Pogue Distilling Co.

Insurance underwriter records from 1892 list a brick distillery with a metal or slate roof. Other buildings surrounding the still-house included:
Cattle pens -- 65 ft north of the still,
Warehouse H -- brick with a metal or slate roof, 26 ft SE
Warehouse I -- iron-clad with a metal or slate roof, 270 ft SE
Warehouse J -- brick with a metal or slate roof, 150 ft SE, and
a Free Warehouse located on the east side of Market street. It was also brick with a metal or slate roof.

The insurance records identify John N Thomas as being the owner, operating as H E Pogue Distillery Co.

Review bonded warehouse transactions for this distillery

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

1898: The H E Pogue Dist. Co. -- D, T, W
1898: John N Thomas, as H E Pogue -- T, B, W
1901: John N Thomas, as H E Pogue -- T, B
1901: The H E Pogue Dist. Co. -- D, T, B, W
1903: The H E Pogue Dist. Co. -- D, T, B, W, G
1904: The H E Pogue Dist. Co. -- D, T, B, W, G
1914: The H E Pogue Dist. Co. Inc. -- no details given
1920: The H E Pogue Distillery Co. -- no details given

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