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APPOINTMENT OF POSTMASTERS
for
DEKALB COUNTY


The following is extracted from microfilm of the Post Office Department record of appointment of Postmasters for the approximate period 1832 to September 30, 1971. This record was prepared in the offices of the Junior Assistant to the Postmaster Gene ral from 1832 to January 2, 1835, the second assistant Postmaster General from July 2, 1836, to 1851, the First assistant Postmaster General from 1851 to 1950, and the Bureau of Post Office Operations from 1950 to September 30, 1971. The period from 1971 to present has not been compiled as of now. As soon as I get the information on the four remaining post offices, I will post them.

The record shows the dates of establishment and discontinuance of post offices, their changes of name, and the names of and the appointment dates of their Postmasters. Beginning in 1870, it shows the names of post offices to which mail from discontin ued offices was sent. The record also shows the dates of Presidential appointments of Postmasters and the dates of their confirmation by the Senate, usually the dates that post offices were authorized to issue money orders, and occasionally the dates on which the locations of offices were changed.

The record consists of 181 manuscript volumes divided among the approximate periods 1832-42, 1843-57, 1874-89, 1890-29, and 1930-September 30, 1971. In this publication the entire record(1832-1971) has been filmed in alphabetical order by State (terr itory, possession, etc.) and thereunder by County (parish, district, etc.). This roll of film is National Archives film number 841-118.

Post OfficeName of
Postmaster		Date of
Appointment		Post Office
Discontinued		Mail To:
ALEXANDRIAJacob Fite6 July 1830 --
-William Floyd8 March 1847--
-Oliver D. Williams15 May 1862--
-James Turner8 July 1865--
-Albert J. Edwards25 Sept. 1867--
-Jos. W. Herd17 June 1869--
-Thomas Evans29 Dec. 1873--
-Stephen Pledger11 May 1870--
-Albert J. Edwards29 Dec. 1873--
-John ???12 July 1881--
-Robert M. Bone28 Dec. 1885--
-George McNeely20 April 1889--
-Sampson W. McClellan1 June 1893--
-Charles Clay Knox20 May 1897--
-Elija W. Brown16 July 1904--
-James W. Parker17 June 1907--
-John M. Pendleton7 May 1913--
-Bertha P. Compton30 Jan. 1922--
-Laura W. Malone15 March 1926--
-Mattie G. Goodner16 Jan. 1935--
-Laurene H. Henley6 Nov. 1964--
-William C. Avant25 May 1966--
-Gaynelle WilloughbyNov 1980--
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ATWELLJohn R. Taylor9 June 18922 June 1895-
BEAR BRANCHHiram P. Cantrell20 Nov. 1874--
-Bing F. Hicks30 Sept. 1878--
-Wm. M. martin8 Jan. 188023 Dec. 1880-
-Reestablished6 Feb. 1885--
-Pery G. Cantrell6 Feb. 1885--
-Stephen Petty14 May 1886--
-Abraham W. J. Cantrell12 April 1887--
-Richard M. Sanders11 April 1890--
-Sophronia Capshaw22 Jan. 189815 March 1904SMITHVILLE
BELKFrank Neely8 Dec. 1893--
-N. T. Hall2 Nov. 1895--
-Marion F. Fisher31 Dec. 1895--
-Nathen T. Wall5 Nov. 1896--
-John Goodson21 Dec. 189729 Feb. 1908KELTONBURGH
BLENDAndrew R. Myers3 March 1901--
-John F. Hendrickson1 May 19011904-

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