The Chicken Cock Distillery, RD#14, 7 th District, Bourbon County, KY (1855-1914)

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The Chicken Cock Distillery
RD #14, 7 th District
Bourbon County, KY

(Est. 1855)

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 the plant was large. The distillery itself was brick with a metal or slate roof. The distillery property included a grain warehouse, a corn house, a cattle barn, and a cooper shop. There were six Bonded and one Free warehouses, all brick with metal or slate roofs. Locations are follows:
Warehouse A, B, and C -- adjoining and 50 ft south of the still.
Warehouse D -- adjoining A, B and C, located 155 ft south.
Warehouse E -- 40 ft north of the still.
Warehouse F -- 170 ft east of the still.
Warehouse F -- a Free warehouse located on Church St near the depot.

At that time, the distillery was being operated by G G White Co., formerly White & Alexander.

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

1898: G G White Co. -- D, T, E, G, W
1901: G G White Co. -- D, W
1901: G G White Co. -- T, G, W (casualty)
1901: Raymond G Shipman, as G G White Co. -- E, W (casualty)
1903: G G White Co. Inc. -- D, W, T
1903: G G White Co. -- T, G, W
1903: Raymond G Shipman, as G G White Co. -- T, W
1904: G G White Co. Inc. -- D, W, T, G
1904: G G White Co. -- T, G, W casualty
1904: Raymond G Shipman, as G G White Co. -- T, W
1914: The G G White Co. -- no details given

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