The Cumberland Distillery, RD#299, 5 th District, Marion County, KY (1879-1920)

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The Cumberland Distillery
RD #299, 5 th District
Marion County, KY

The distillery was built in 1879 alongside the Rolling Fork distillery. The orginal owners were J B Wathen, R N Wathen, H Mueller and Charles Kobert.

Insurance underwriter records compiled in 1892 suggest that the distillery was of frame construction. The property included two warehouses:
Bonded warehouse -- iron-clad with a metal or slate roof and located 280 ft east of the still.
Free warehouse -- iron clad, 300 ft east of the still.

At the time, it was being operated by Chas Kobert & Co.

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

1898: Chas Kobert & Co. (new firm) -- D, T, W
1898: Chas Kobert & Co. (old firm) -- T, E, G, W
1901: Chas Kobert & Co. -- D, T, E, G, W
1901: Chas Kobert & Co. -- T, G
1903: Chas Kobert & Co. -- D, T, G, W
1904: Chas Kobert & Co. -- D, T, G, W
1914: Chas Kobert & Co. -- no details given
1920: Chas Kobert & Co. -- no details given

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