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Marion Jake Franks

 

Marion Jake Franks was born in Macon County, N.C. on 13 January 1886 to Garrett F. Franks and Lydia Arzelia Southard.

Note:  There are several dates of birth on record for Jake.  His death certificate states that he was born Jan. 13, 1875, which is an obvious mistake.  His tombstone reads Jan. 13, 1885.  According to his WWI Draft Registration Card, he was born on Jan. 13, 1886.  All census records suggest that he was born in 1886.  His marriage records to my grandmother, Nancy Belle Barnes, places his birth in 1886.  Because of the Draft Registration Card with his signature, census records, and the marriage record, I think that 1886 is probably correct.

It's no secret that Grandpa Jake was a bootlegger, but I uncovered a secret unknown to his own children.  You will need a password to read more.

 

Please contact me for your password.  Sorry, I only wish to share this section with direct descendants of Marion Jake Franks. 

 

 

Moonshining is the production of home distilled spirits (non-licensed), legal until 1919-1933 when  Prohibition   spread throughout the nation. 

In 1789, the first congress of the United States imposed taxes on imported spirits to help pay for the Revolutionary War. About the year of 1798, excise taxes were expanded to the production of domestic spirits, as well, causing the start of the Whiskey Rebellion.

Additional taxes imposed during and after the Civil War, caused widespread resistance by the makers and drinkers of whiskey.  Secret retailing of "shine" became popular in the South, especially in the Blue Ridge Mountains from the Carolinas to Tennessee to Northern Georgia.

The Revenue Department, formed after the Civil War, was headed by Green B. Raum.  Raum ordered his collectors (revenuers) to actively seek out those who moved and retailed shine, while avoiding the payment of taxes.
 

 

 
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