Jacob Spears (1754 – ca. 1825)

ID: 1966
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Jacob Spears (1754 – ca. 1825)

Noted early Bourbon County distiller, Jacob Spears is shown here. Courtesy of Hopewell Museum.

This file appears in: Bourbon Whiskey/Jacob Spears

By Hopewell Museum
Historical Marker #2295 in Bourbon County explains the history of bourbon whiskey and Jacob Spears, one of the first distillers in the county. Early settlers first came into central Kentucky in the 1770s. One thing they often did after staking…