Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Carroll Co. JAMES F. JETT was born in Carroll County, Ky., June 28, 1847, and is a son of Richard and Elizabeth (Bradley) Jett, natives of Virginia and Maryland, respectively. Richard Jett moved to Carroll County when very young, with his father, William Jett, who was a shoemaker by trade. Richard Jett settled in Carrollton in 1845 or 1846, where he engaged in distilling, and died in 1870. In 1881 James F. Jett, with his brothers, Albert N., Josiah S. and George W., built the present distillery, a frame building 30 x 50 feet, with a capacity of 326 bushels per day, which is run about four months in the year; they manufacture sour mash whiskey, which is sold principally in Cincinnati, the sales amounting to about 2,000 barrels per year. In 1879 James F. Jett married Albertine Anders, a native of Effingham County, Ill. Mr. Jett is a member of the I.O.O.F. and a Democrat. Jett Bradley Anders = Effingham-IL VA MD http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/carroll/jett.jf.txt