Post-Offices and Post-Masters, Lake County, Tennessee

From Family Findings
Lake County, Tennessee Centennial Edition
Vol. II, No. 4, October 1970, pp. 142-143
Copyright, Mid-West Tennessee Genealogical Society, 1970
Appears on this web site by permission

POST-OFFICES AND POST-MASTERS,
LAKE COUNTY

The following list of post-offices and post-masters, contributed by Abigail Hyde, was copied from the Official Registar of the United. States Biennial. The first publication after Lake County, Tennessee, was organized was the 1871 edition. Although Tiptonville was designated as the county seat of Lake County, Tiptonville was erroneously listed as being in Obion County until 1877.

Year	Post Office	Post-Master
1871	Hathaway Tiptonville	Henry LaDuke Moses Amburg
1873	Hathaway Reelfoot Tiptonville	Henry LaDuke William H. Donehower Hugh W. Reynolds
1875	Hathaway Marr's Landing Reelfoot Tiptonville (to 31 March) Tiptonville (from 1 April)	Henry LaDuke D. W. Dickenson W. H. Donehower Joseph Hill W. H. Anderson
1877	Bass Landing Hathaway Marr's Landing Reelfoot Tiptonville	A. S. Keeting Henry LaDuke D. W. Dickinson J. D. Davis W. H. Anderson
1879	Hathaway Marr's Landing Reelfoot Tiptonville	Henry LaDuke P. W. Dickenson J. D. Davis J. D. Arnett
1881	Listed the same post offices as above but included "Tenbrook", post-master Royal Bell. No one remembers where this post office was located.
1883	Listed the five post offices and post-masters and included one new post office "Darnall", post-master E. V. Darnall.
1885	Hathaway Reelfoot Tenbrook Tiptonville Darnall	J. E. LaDuke J. N. Neador Royal Bell J. D. Arnett E. V. Darnall
1887	Nashville had no listing for 1887.
1889	Darnall Hathaway Reelfoot	E. V. Darnall J. E. LaDuke Wiatt R. Alger
	(Note: This should be Wyatt R. Algee. He was a grandson of Wyatt Mooring, one of the pioneers of Madison County, Tennessee, serving for 26 years as chairman of the County Court of Madison County. Wyatt Mooring moved to Lake County from Madison County in 1856.)
	Ridgely Tiptonville	Jas. D. Davis Wm. N. Shelton
1891	Bessie Darnall Hathaway Pulstown Reelfoot Ridgely Tiptonville	James P. Harris E. V. Darnall J. E. LaDuke Jessie Mask H. R. Harris J. D. Davis J. L. Peacock
1893	Listing is not in Nashville
1895	Bessie Bluebank Cronanville Darnall Hathaway Mooring Pulstown Reelfoot Ridgely Tiptonville	James P. Harris George C. Campbell Jas. T. Griffin E. V. Darnall J. E. LaDuke Phil. T. Fields Fannie Mask William Burnley Henry S. Hatcher J. L. Peacock
1899	Bessie Bluebank Cronanville Darnall Hathaway Mooring Madie Reelfoot Ridgely Tiptonville	Thos. F. Russell Geo. C. Campbell James F. Rondeau E. V. Darnall Jesse V. Mavity Phil T. Fields William B. Smith A. E. Markham Alonzo P. Smyth William J. Walker

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