This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: WILHITE Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HWWBAEB/268 Message Board Post: On Feb. 24, 1873, the House of Representatives gave W. H. Wilhite the sum of $300.00 for distilling fruits. A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774 - 1875 Bills and Resolutions, House of Representatives, 42nd Congress, 3rd Session Bill 4040 of 4073 The main link is where I went: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html then did a search with the wilhite name. An actual picture of the bill is there.