LEGACY 2022
Scroll to learn about the Legacy of The Godfather of
Whiskey and Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey.
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In honor of the legacy of Nathan "Nearest" Green, the first
African American master dis ller, we introduce the LEGACY
2022 Black History Month Celebra on sponsored by Jack
Daniel's, The Flywire and TFP Entertainment.
Everyday in February we feature a Bal more Legacy Icon
making history.
Nathan "Nearest" Green
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he connec on began in 1864, when Jack Daniel first
learned the art of dis lling whiskey from Nearest Green at
a whiskey s ll owned by Reverend Dan Call. Nathan "Near-
est" Green was a slave. Later in 1866, Jack Daniel bought
the s ll and hired "Nearest" Green, now a free man, as
Master Dis ller. The first African American master dis ller
and now known as "The Godfather of Tennessee Whiskey."
His son George also became a Master Dis ller, and some of
his descendants s ll work for Jack Daniel's Whiskey to this
day. Today, there's also a black owned dis llery in his name
Uncle Nearest premium Whiskey and is forever part of Jack
Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey legacy and American history.
