Distilleries, Wayne Twp from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio

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Transcription contributed by Martie Callihan 20 February 2005

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The History of Warren County Ohio
Part IV Township Histories
Wayne Township by Judge John W. Keys
(Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)

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Distilleries were early established in the neighborhood. Whisky has always been a salable commodity. At the time the first settlements were made, there was but little or no market, except to new-comers, and grain was distilled on shares; what was not consumed was taken to Cincinnati and sold or exchanged. The first distillery was operated at the head of Main street in Waynesville by Samuel Martin, in probably 1802; the next, by Samuel Highway down on the Miami near his mill; one by Joseph Chenoweth, on the Lile farm, and one at a spring on the hill on the cemetery grounds, by John Everhart —all previous to 1812. Between that and 1820, one was operated by Whicker on the Cartwright farm, and one by Thomas Hall on the A. P. O'Neall farm; one was run by Ward & Thurston at the upper mill, Waynesville, about 1825, and ceased to be used in 1832. Distilling was extensively carried on by E. H. Pence at Mount Holly; the date of the commencement I am unable to state, but it was closed some years ago, since which time there has been no distillery in the township.


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