Help Add/Connect Moonshiners, Bootleggers, and NASCAR Profiles

Question

This month, the Appalachia Project is adding and connecting Moonshiners, Bootleggers, and NASCAR profiles.  

NASCAR and moonshine have a long and intertwined history. In the early days of NASCAR, many of the drivers were moonshine runners who used their skills on the road to compete in races.

Below is a list of existing Moonshiners, Bootleggers, and NASCAR profiles on WikiTree but feel free to add your own! They do not have to be only from Appalachia....we celebrate Moonshine and NASCAR (and biscuits) worldwide!

1. Check out the list below (updated through the month) OR Add one that isn't already on WikiTree.
2. Pick one (or more!).
3. Click the "Answer this Post" link and let us know who you picked.
4. Connect/Add as many profiles as you can to increase their CC7. 
5. Click the green Challenge Tracker button & select "Appalachia Challenge" .
6. Come back here to your post and let us know any interesting finds and how much their CC7 increased.

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Moonshiners + Bootleggers that exist on WT and need family members added or connected to the Tree:

 

Owen "The Killer" Madden

Maurice Maher, Sr - New Orleans Rum Smuggler

Salvatore "Little Caesar" Maranzano - Bootlegger

William McCoy - Rum Runner during prohibition

Elbert Weldon - Georgia Whiskey Runner

Santina Vasile Perconti - Gangster & Bootlegger

Nellie Taylor - Bootlegger

Robert Lewis - (husband of Nellie) - Uno Beer Seller

Colburn Tressler - in the Moonshine category but no story

Ollie Parker - Bootlegger during Prohibition

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NASCAR profiles that exist on WT and need family members added or connected to the Tree:

Ernest Linville

Clyde Lindley - needs connected

Walter "Bud" Moore - needs connected 

Charles Scott - needs connected 

Crash Grant - needs connected

Scott Dickerson - sources & family need added 

Robert Jenkins - NASCAR Announcer 

Everett "Cotton" Owens - needs added

Robert Ingram - needs family added

Or add your own! 

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Sandy

I'm working on (and linked) Robert Johnson and his famous son "Junior" Johnson into the category.

You should create a NASCAR category

Answer 1

I'm adding family to Ms. Perconti. Thanks for organizing, Sandy!

Comments

I am really curious about her .  A female bootlegger!

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She ran 5 speakeasies and took over running her husband's gang when he was murdered by rivals.

Answer 2

I am in and working on Lydia Reffitt a moonshiner from Montgomery County, Kentucky.

Comments

Awesome! I love seeing this one.

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Here is her profile as my starting point https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Anderson-66463

Answer 3

Wow, I love this idea. I just created a profile for Fonty Flock. He was a bootlegger who won the first pre-NASCAR race in 1947, which was then called the NCSCC. In 1949 he raced again his two brothers and a sister - the only time four siblings have raced against each other. 

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He's definitely an early one.  That "helmet", in his photo,is kind of crazy to think it offers any protection.

Answer 4

I will work on Lee Petty. [[Petty-640|Lee Arnold Petty (1914-2000)]]. He was an early racer, father of Richard Petty. His CC7 is 1713. He had a lot of siblings that are not on wikitree, including his brother, Julius who was an engine builder.

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I really love that you are adding others besides just a driver.  Thanks!

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Lee lost a brother, Roy, in an accident in 1933. He was killed along with 3 others when their car was hit by a train.

Answer 5

I pick Crash Grant.  Love the name.

Answer 6

Switching gears (get it, gears...'cause cars...) and working to connect Bob Jenkins

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Wow, Robert Jenkins Sr (Bob's dad) was a Marine WWII vet who fought in the Battle of Iwo Jima! Didn't have to dig far for an interesting find for this one. His dad also took him to his first race, the 1960 Indy 500.

Answer 7

I'll take Jan Karon, author of the Mitford book series.

Answer 8

I have also been working on Clyde Lindley.

Answer 9

Robert Johnson-77911 and his more famous son "Junior" Johnson-140332 of Wilkes County, NC are founding members of what became NASCAR. Their family were "moonshining" for generations and still (legally) are.

Answer 10

I'm adding sources and profiles to Scott Dickerson's parents, his count would have gone up, just not sure by how much.