<P> The company was sold to the Brown - Forman Corporation in 1956 . </P> <P> The Jack Daniel's Distillery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972 . </P> <P> In 2012, a Welshman, Mark Evans, claimed to have discovered the original recipe for Daniel's whiskey, in a book written in 1853 by his great - great - grandmother, whose brother - in - law emigrated to Tennessee . </P> <P> Moore County, where the Jack Daniel's distillery is located, is one of the state's many dry counties . Therefore, while it is legal to distill the product within the county, it is illegal to purchase it there . However, a state law has provided one exception: a distillery may sell one commemorative product, regardless of county statutes . Jack Daniel's now sells Gentleman Jack, Jack Daniel's Single Barrel, the original No. 7 blend (in a commemorative bottle), and a seasonal blend (on rotation) at the distillery's White Rabbit Bottle Shop . </P>

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