In the May 4, 1938, edition of the Bulloch Herald, it was reported that on the coming Saturday, May 6, the first legal whiskey would be sold in Bulloch County since Dec. 19, 1879. Gov. and Gen. James Edward Oglethorpe, Georgia's founding father, wanted to create a sober colony from the very beginning, but the colonists had other ideas. Even when King George flatly banned the sale of rum in Georgia in 1735, the colonists continued to party on.