13 Facts About Lem Motlow

Lemuel Motlow was an American businessman, politician, landowner and Tennessee Walking Horse breeder.

Lem Motlow was the owner of Jack Daniel's, and he served in the Tennessee House of Representatives and the Tennessee Senate.

Lem Motlow's father was Felix Motlow and his mother, Nettie Josephine Daniel.

Lem Motlow sued the Moore County court to be able to reopen his distillery after the end of Prohibition in 1933, but he was only able to do so in 1938.

Lem Motlow was elected as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1933, and as a member of the Tennessee Senate in 1939.

Lem Motlow owned thousands of acres in Moore County and Coffee County, where he bred Tennessee Walking Horses.

Lem Motlow's horses competed in the Tennessee Walking Horse National Celebration in Shelbyville.

In 1924, Lem Motlow was charged with murdering Clarence Pullis, a railroad porter.

Pullis, who was white, attempted to separate the two men, and was shot and killed by Lem Motlow who discharged a handgun, intending to shoot Wallis.

Lem Motlow was tried in St Louis, represented by a team of defense lawyers who turned the trial into a racially charged affair, blaming Wallis as the instigator.

Lem Motlow married his first wife, Clara Reagor, in 1895, and they had a son, J Reagor Motlow.

Lem Motlow died in 1901, and he married Ophelia Evans, with whom he had three more sons: Cliff Conner Motlow; Dan Evans Motlow; and Robert Motlow.

Lem Motlow died of cerebral haemorrhage on September 1,1947, in Lynchburg, at age 77.