Editing Jessamine County, Kentucky (section)

==History==
Jessamine County was established in 1798 from land given by [[Fayette County, Kentucky|Fayette County]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Lewis|title=History of Kentucky|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F5FQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA396|year=1877|page=396|publisher=Library Reprints, Incorporated |isbn=9780722249208}}</ref> Jessamine was the 36th [[list of Kentucky counties|Kentucky county]] in order of formation.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gZFQAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA26 | title=Collins' Historical Sketches of Kentucky: History of Kentucky, Volume 2 | publisher=Collins & Company | author=Collins, Lewis | year=1882 | pages=26}}</ref> The county is claimed to be named for a Jessamine Douglass, the daughter of a pioneer settler, who was either killed by Native Americans or committed suicide after being unlucky in love, but that story is dismissed by modern scholars, who say the name is from Jessamine Creek and the [[jasmine]] flowers that grow next to it.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=10cUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Jessamine+Douglass%22+suicide|title=Counties USA: A Directory of United States Counties|date=July 6, 2006|publisher=Omnigraphics, Incorporated|isbn=9780780808218|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ | title=The Register of the Kentucky State Historical Society, Volume 1 | publisher=Kentucky State Historical Society | year=1903 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_luoxAQAAMAAJ/page/n35 35]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=Govt. Print. Off. | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_9V1IAAAAMAAJ/page/n168 169]}}</ref> Most of the early pioneers were from Virginia, who came through the mountains after the [[American Revolutionary War]].

In the late 18th century, the Kentucky General Assembly passed a bill to establish a commercial vineyard and winery, based in [[Nicholasville, Kentucky|Nicholasville]] and the first in the United States, known as First Vineyard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstvineyard.net/history.html|title=History|website=www.firstvineyard.net|access-date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> Wine making based on European grapes became widespread in the United States. After the [[Prohibition era]], which lasted from 1920 to 1933, the county voted to prohibit alcohol sales. Voters in the city of Nicholasville allowed package alcohol sales. In 2020, voters voted to allow alcohol sales, reversing the county's dry policy.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Musgrave |first1=Beth |last2=Estep |first2=Bill |date=November 5, 2020 |title=Booze won big. Jessamine County among several KY places to vote 'wet' by wide margins |url=https://www.kentucky.com/news/local/counties/jessamine-county/article246946962.html |access-date=June 2, 2024 |work=Lexington Herald Leader}}</ref> The Chrisman Mill Vineyards is authorized to operate and sell its product in the "dry" portion of the county.<ref name=KYABC>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/88403470-8A7E-410C-9816-8B520F7649C8/0/WetDryList.pdf |title=Wet & Dry Counties in Kentucky |publisher=Kentucky Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control |access-date=March 21, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315092139/http://www.abc.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/88403470-8A7E-410C-9816-8B520F7649C8/0/WetDryList.pdf |archive-date=March 15, 2007 }}</ref>