Does anyone on this list have information about distilleries in Stark County around the period 1820? I have found in the estate papers of Robert Armstrong, the following items: 9 bushels wheat 5 bushels rye 6 bushels corn sugar 2 crocks jug whisky (various amounts sold at different times) among other items. On 12 June 1820, the wheat was to go to Folgers Mill. Armstrong wrote his will on 30 October 1820. Was he in the distillery business and selling out? Carmen Finley

Carmen, I don't know anything about distilleries in Stark Cty., but I do know that my gr-grandfathers on both of my maternal lines were bootleggers. In fact, that's how my grandparents met - my grandfather was running moonshine for his father & my grandmother was helping her father with bottling & selling it from the roadside vegetable stand. Neither father approved the match, so when my grandfather was on a run, he picked up my grandmother and they eloped to West Virginia. Good luck with your search! Mercedes in Arizona On Feb 20, 2006, at 1:37 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Does anyone on this list have information about distilleries in Stark > County around the period 1820? > > I have found in the estate papers of Robert Armstrong, the > following items: > > 9 bushels wheat > 5 bushels rye > 6 bushels corn > sugar > 2 crocks > jug > whisky (various amounts sold at different times) > > among other items. On 12 June 1820, the wheat was to go to Folgers > Mill. > > Armstrong wrote his will on 30 October 1820. Was he in the distillery > business and selling out? > > Carmen Finley > > > > > > ==== OHSTARK Mailing List ==== > <A HREF="http://www.massillon.lib.oh.us/"> > Massillon Public Library > Mercedes Farley [email protected]