Hi, Yes, to all the questions below. I guess they have always had "revenuers" today it is called Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (forgive my spelling). We have Dept of Revenue under divisions titles, GTA, General Tax Admin., Child Support, Property, Investigations and I think I just forgot the other. Under GTA you have collection and enforcement, taxes, compliance review which was once known as audit. The beverage people have to collect the tax on alcohol & tobacco, watch all the legal aspects and close down any stills and they have stills in many states. Never tell anyone in some areas you work for Revenue. When I was a child I can remember hearing about bootleggers (sp) never wrote to one. If you came from a family that seldom drank, if they had wanted to have a party then they went to a bootlegger or called, they did deliver, and they were all over Knoxville and neighboring counties. I do not have a problem with anyone who enjoys a cocktail or beer, I just hate the taste. Knox County was always dry until about 1961/62, they had a petition and the vote carried to make Knox wet. To me that was good, I had two babies and I did not want them able to buy at almost any age from a bootleggers. I actually worked very hard for Knox to become "wet" but I had all this "these great reasons" etc. You can read some of the old church minutes, example the Dumplin Baptist Church minutes in Jefferson Co., they go back to 1792, how many were exc. for making "ardent spirits", "drinking ardent spirits". When I was going to parties at UT, you would never have know that county was dry. I can remember two of the names, I but, actually these families are very nice people. I gather that one paid a lot more money when they bought from the bootleggers. Many people made trips to KY and brought it back in large soap powder boxes and various other boxes that would not tip the police off. I would think (dangerous thought) that the Sentinel would have something in their archives or the Knoxville - Knox County Library, Reference Dept. I certainly cannot imagine it being a secret. I have nothing in any of my books other than the Dumplin minutes which really just proves, they have always had stills and I have been told they still do. I had someone offer me a taste at one frat. party, my word just a small taste was enough to silence most people. I cannot imagine that some of the people on here who do not know about this. Knox Co being dry for so long and a bootlegger on every corner. My whole family will be haunting me. It is part of our history, Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: <Thagamizer@aol.com> To: <TNUNION-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 1999 7:48 PM Subject: Re: Moonshine > In a message dated 10/5/99 2:46:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > KAT3946429@aol.com writes: > > << Can someone share any stories about the trade in "bootleg liquor" in the > old days? Was this big in east Tennessee and nearby? Did people get some > income this way? Were there "revenuers"? >> > > Was there?! There still is here in Union County. Very few people don't keep a > mason jar in the cabinet to cure the scratchy throat. > > The Movie Thunder Road was based partly on what is now Maynardville Highway. > I still have the revenuer story to tell also. > > Chip > > > ==== TNUNION Mailing List ==== > Got any material to submit to the website? Any kind of cemetary list that you have transcribed over the years. > >