A little history for those who do not know....
In North Georgia there is a county named Dawson County. It used to be way up in North Georgia. You could not pay me to come this far north when I was in high school. Now I live just south of the Dawson County line and we are considered part of metro Atlanta...
I have been told stock car racing got it's start in Dawson County--the Revenue man chasing the moonshiner. In fact, I have been also been told it was not unusual to see the old timers talking shooting the breeze over a beer at the Pool Hall. You got it--The Revenue man and his former prey.
As the crow flies, we are not too far from Alabama.
Jug and Jar--wonder if dad's name was Hooch?
One more thing--nicknames in the South are part of our heritage (see, it's not all about the Civil War). Don't try to understand it-it just is.
The brother of a friend of mine was named Jug.