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Evan Williams
1755-1810
A native of Wales, Williams came to Kentucky around 1780. In 1783, he built his distillery on the banks of the Ohio River, distilling whiskey from corn on the east side of what is now 5th Street.it is said to have been the first commercial distillery in Kentucky, shipping barrels by flatboat down the Ohio River. Over.
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