Frank Stephenson Jr. - North Carolina Moonshine: An Illicit History

Published by American Palate

A Division of The History Press

Charleston, SC

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Copyright 2017 by Frank Stephenson Jr. and Barbara N. Mulder

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First published 2017

e-book edition 2017

ISBN 978.1.62585.592.3

Library of Congress Control Number: 2016950689

print edition ISBN 978.1.46711.832.3

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This book is dedicated to the two groups of individuals who were responsible for North Carolina having one of the most colorful and greatest moonshine legacies of any state in the history of the United States. The two groups are the moonshiners who made the moonshine and the local, state and federal moonshine raiders who, for years and years, chased them all across North Carolina, from Manteo to Murphy, South Mills to Highlands, Waterlilly to Maxton, Warren Plains to Bakersfield, Weldon to Waxhaw, Maneys Neck to Swannanoa, New Holland to West Jefferson, Enfield to Robbinsville and Morehead City to Marble.

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors acknowledge with grateful appreciation the generous help and assistance from the following:

Adrian Denny, Rapid City, South Dakota

Al Bullard, Evansville, Indiana

Albert Cummings, Edenton, North Carolina

Alfred Deanes, Waynesboro, Virginia

Allen Compton, Wise, Virginia

Allen Draper, Silver Springs, Maryland

Anthony Buck, Sarasota, Florida

Anthony Spearman, Durham, North Carolina

Arnold Fogler, Waterlilly, North Carolina

Arron Rowman, Springfield, Virginia

Ashley Sediak-Propst, Historic Cabarrus Association, Concord, North Carolina

Aurelius Johnson, Laredo, Texas

Axel Winder, Dover, Delaware

Balcolm Crawford, Paris, France

Barbara Jean Mulder, Conway, North Carolina

Beryl Rothman, Rapid City, South Dakota

Biggs Funeral Home, Lumberton, North Carolina

Blair Hammett, Raleigh, North Carolina

Brad Call, Call Family Distillery, Wilkesboro, North Carolina

Brandon Duke, Franklin, Virginia

Brock Janney, Kinston, North Carolina

Bryant Coker, Lexington, Virginia

Buck Noble, Anderson, South Carolina

Buford Pope, St. Paul, Minnesota

Burton Rogerson, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Caroline Stephenson, Como, North Carolina

Charles Ridley, Barstow, California

Chester Allport, Albany, New York

Christinia Perry, Popcorn Sutton Distilling, Cleveland, Ohio

Chuck Pergonnie, Oxford, North Carolina

Clayton Burns, Hickory, North Carolina

Curtis and Rose Nichols, Suffolk, Virginia

Dallas Griffin, Mobile, Alabama

Dalton Anthony, Emporia, Virginia

Daniel Bowling, London, England

David Cain, Manchester, New Hampshire

David Radcliff, Dover, Delaware

David Twiford, Twiford Funeral Home, Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Delbert Eagleton, Reno, Nevada

Dismal Swamp State Park, South Mills, North Carolina

Dock Clements, Boise, Idaho

Donald Douglas, Robesonian, Lumberton, North Carolina

Dr. Pamela Price Mitchern, Belk Library, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

Dr. Robert Anthony, North Carolina Collection, UNCChapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Earl Raeford, Norfolk, Virginia

Eddie Lee Hampton, Asheville, North Carolina

Eddie Paulsen, New Bern, North Carolina

Eddie Weaver, South Boston, Virginia

Edmond W. Caldwell Jr., North Carolina Sheriffs Association, Raleigh, North Carolina

Ed Robinette, Kannapolis History Museum, Kannapolis, North Carolina

Edward Garrison, Raleigh, North Carolina

Elise Allison, Greensboro Historical Museum, Greensboro, North Carolina

Elmore Duggins, Whiteville, North Carolina

Elridge Furgerson, Kinston, North Carolina

Elton Bracey, Danville, Virginia

Emmett Wiggins, Lake Placid, New York

Emmit Bourgrande, High Point, North Carolina

Ernest Broadway, Spartanburg, South Carolina

Ernie Gregory, Lumberton, North Carolina

Eugene Bowman, Bozeman, Montana

The family of Charles Sylvester Felts, Boone, North Carolina

Franklin Brabben, Miami, Florida

Fulton Thomas, Long Island, New York

Gerald Anderson, Clinton, North Carolina

Gerry DeArmond, New Hanover Public Library, Wilmington, North Carolina

Grayson Ray, Buffalo, New York

Greta Browning, Belk Library, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

Grover Jenkins, Far Rockaway, New York

Guy Johnson, Bakersville, California

Hampton Lewis, Wilmington, Delaware

Harold Jacobs, Dallas, Texas

Harrison Boone, Melbourne, Florida

Irwin Lindsay, Denver, Colorado

Jake Odom, Conway, North Carolina

Jason Baucombe, Durham, North Carolina

Jerry Cahoon, Manteo, North Carolina

Jerry Weaver, Charlottesville, Virginia

Jochen Kunstler, Como, North Carolina

John Hobarth, Hamlet, North Carolina

John L. Stephenson, Murfreesboro, North Carolina

Johnny Binkley, Raleigh, North Carolina,

Jordan Chapman, St. Louis, Missouri

Joseph Hullen, Reidsville, North Carolina

Juewn Tomberlin, North Carolina Collection, UNCChapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Justin Rumbach, Jasper (IN) Herald

Justin Shelton, Belk Library, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina

Kathleen Monahan, Wilson Library, UNCChapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Keith Longiotti, North Carolina Collection, UNCChapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Kim Anderson, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, North Carolina

Lance Jefferson, Denver, Colorado

Layton Chambers, Kings Mountain, North Carolina

Lee Rammick, Providence, Rhode Island

Leland Braxton, Shelby, North Carolina

Lemuel Spain, Rocky Mount, Virginia

Len Tuttle, Gastonia, North Carolina

Leonard Browning, Hickory, North Carolina

Leon Daughtrey, Elkins, West Virginia

Lesley Wayne, Washington, North Carolina

Leta Phelps, Popcorn Sutton Distilling, Newport, Tennessee

Licensed Beverage Industries, New York, New York

Linda Hassell, Whitaker Library, Chowan University, Murfreesboro, North Carolina

Lindsey Carr, Society Hill, South Carolina

Lisa Wall, Morganton News Herald, Morganton, North Carolina

Livingston Sumner, Como, North Carolina

Lloyd Breland, Lawrenceville, Virginia

Lucus Ellison, Elkins, North Carolina

Luke Monzell, Fargo, North Dakota

Madison Furlough, Spokane, Washington

Malcohn Jeffers, Norfolk, Virginia

Malcolm McLeod Jr., Greenville, North Carolina

Manuel Kiser, Kannapolis, North Carolina

Marcus Johnston, Albemarle, North Carolina

Marcus Owens, Cape May, New Jersey

Martha Elmore, Special Collections, Joyner Library, East Carolina University

Marty Wise, Rocky Mount, Virginia

Matthew Turi, Southern Historical Collection, UNCChapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Matthew Wachna, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources, Raleigh, North Carolina