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  1. Illicit Whiskey Distilleries in Mountains of Western North Carolina
    date April, 1887 to October, 1887map WILKES, North Carolinatags Crime/Violence, Government

    In early 1887, B.F. Jones of Yadkin County leaked information to the Internal Revenue Service-he knew of men who had been illegally distilling whiskey in the mountains of Western North Carolina. These men were arrested and punished for their crimes. But how did B.F. Jones, a former Sheriff of his home county of Yadkin, a Republican, and a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1875 know of these...