Shuler 2

go to jail, that he changed his last

name. John Holliefield changed his name sometime between

1910 and L920. When he went to change his name he ended up changing his last name to his

mother's maiden name. Her maiden name was Roberts. John Holliefield then became John

/
Roberts and he never got in trouble for making moonshine

(strule#erry). t titiA]{, i;r-' t{"i , li:,:i ; ti'li '

John was known for his different fruit flavored moonshine. lf you wanted a certain

flavor he could make

it.

Many people would say that the best kind he made was strawberry,

and he would actually put real strawberries into his moonshine. When first deciding to make

moonshine, John started out just working on a recipe and making it for himself and his family.
Then one day he was having a get together at his house with some friends and ended up letting

them taste

it.

They fell in tove with what they were given. John knew that selting moonshine

was illegal, but he decided that it was a chance he was willing to take for his family.

With times starting to get hard, John sold his first jar of moonshine. Soon after that, he
became the talk of the town and he started getting more orders to coming in, John decided to put up another

fill.

With more orders

still. Now that he was running two stills, he was

able to filltwice as many orders and was making good money. With John becoming more
I

popular, he began to fill orders for people out of state. With this happening he didn't know who he was selling to which put him at more danger. John ended up selling moonshine to an

undercover cop and ended up getting arrested. He went to jail and paid his bail and was out in
i
l

l
I