"The following list of Post Offices and Post Masters

for Smith County was transcribed from Postal records around 1970 under the

aegis of Mr. F. Carmack Key." 

 

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CARTHAGE

EST. 1806

 

Benjamin Rigley            April 1, 1807

Thomas McNutt            Jan 11, 1808

Andrew Allison              June 20, 1816

David Campbell             Nov 9, 1818

Robert I. Chester           Feb 19, 1822

John K. Chester             April 26, 1825

George Elgin                 April 1, 1826

James Beckwith             Oct 5, 1827

Joseph W. Allen            Dec 13, 1834

LeRoy E. Mitchell         March 12, 1836

George C. Allen             Dec. 23, 1839

Samuel T. Coker           March 10, 1840

Daniel Fergusson           July 19, 1845

William Robinson          June 15, 1847

William K. Browning     Sept 20, 1848

Richard B. Hare            Oct 11, 1849

John L. Arendell            Aug 28, 1850

John I Burnett               Mar 1, 1854

David Won (?)              Mar 30, 1855

John Bridges                 Dec 15, 1855

Norvell B. McDonald     April 5, 1859

James H. Piper              Aug 23, 1859

Robert Strother              Oct 4, 1859

John E. Stevens             Jan 6, 1860

James Timberlake          June 14, 1860

William H. McDonald    July 6, 1860

Frank M. Goodall          Oct 12, 1860

Armstrong W. Allen       Nov 28, 1860

Edward L. Bradley        June 16, 1865

James P. MKee             Aug 13, 1866

Callie Meroney              Apr 27, 1881

Lizzie Savage                July 5, 1893

Jennie McKee               Aug 27, 1897

Robert M. Pickering       Oct 18, 1901

William B. Pickering      Sep 25, 1903

Felix P. McGinness        Jan 19, 1915

Francis S. Pickering       Aug 31, 1922

Jesse W. Alexander        June 8, 1928

Jere Gardenhire             May 24, 1835

Elisha T. Morris, Jr.       Jan 31, 1958

 

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DIXON'S SPRINGS

EST OCT 31, 1800

 

Tilman Dixon                April 1, 1801

David Cochran              Oct 1, 1811

Robert Black                 March 1, 1814

Goodman Donoho         Jan 1, 1817

Don Carlos Dixon          Oct 6, 1817

Anthony B. Shelby        May 16, 1826

Winston T.M. Donoho   Nov 26, 1827

Thomas Roberts            Dec 19, 1828

William S. Alexander      Mar 2, 1831

            Discontinued     July 25, 1866

            Re-established   July 11, 1867

Leonard Ballow             July 11, 1867

Mary L. Ballow             July 8, 1869

Included in Trousdale County in 1870.

Returned to Smith County after 1874 lawsuit Name changed on Nov 18, 1892, to

DIXON SPRING

John H. Jenkins1            Jan 6, 1900

James E. Meador           May 12, 1914

Name changed on Sep 15, 1921, to

DIXON SPRINGS

Abram J. Lea, Jr.           Jan 1, 1949

Pauline D. Lee              Jan 10, 1966

 

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PLEASANT SHADE

EST. JAN 10, 1833

 

Archibald Sloan             Feb 9, 1833

Samuel T. Coker           Nov 23, 1836

John A. Sloan                Sep 11, 1839

Benjamin F. Herod        Jan 4, 1842

George W. Herod          Mar 7, 1844

Jason R. Sloan               Oct 25, 1844

Thomas Sanderson        Jan 16, 1858

            Discontinued     Sep 22, 1866

            Re-established  July 28, 1876

David C. Boston            July 28, 1876

Joseph A. Sanderson      Jan 22, 1880

Isaac P. McDonald        Oct 12, 1897

Thomas D. Sanderson    Jan 2, 1904

Draper D. Martin           Apr 30, 1914

Lum T. Russell              Aug 31, 1918

Charlie Alexander          Jan 15, 1923

Dewey Dickerson          Aug 23, 1933

Levi B. Thomas            July 12, 1934

John B. Taylor              May 1, 1947

Johnnie J. Massey          Jan 16, 1949

Beatrice Massey            Sep 30, 1953

Beatrice Morton2            Sep 21, 1967

 

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PEYTONS CREEK

 

George W. Royster        Apr 17, 1848

William Baugh               Dec 26, 1855

            Discontinued     Jan 30, 1857

            Re-established   Dec 30, 1857

Archibald S. Taylor        Dec 30, 1857

            Discontinued     Sep 22, 1866

            Re-established   Dec 30, 1857

Curtis West                   April 6, 1871

            Discontinued     Nov 25, 1871

Re-established as

MONOVILLE

 

William H. Gifford         June 13, 1884

            Discontinued     Aug 12, 1885

            Re-established   Aug 31, 1885

Drury A. West               Aug 31, 1885

John B. Haynie              Sep 9, 1889

Henry H. Morris            Aug 2, 1898

Hezekiah C. Taylor        May 5, 1914

William Houston Webb  Feb 16, 1935

Laura B. Hackett           Feb 13, 1940

Odell J. Wilmore            Apr 1, 1949

Emogene Wilmore         July 12, 1963

 

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RIDDLETON

 

Napoleon R. Duke         May 3, 1875

William D. Pope            Jan 2, 1878

Elisha W. Chambers      June 6, 1888

William J. Hazzard         Jan 7, 1890

William Y. Beasley        Aug 22, 1891

Mosby S. Cage              Sep 22, 1896

Susie A. Brim                Oct 3, 1900

William T. Corum          Apr 21, 1914

William S. Payne           Nov 1, 1935

Gilmer S. Brimm           Dec 15, 1936

Gordon Miller Piper       Dec 30, 1965

 

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MULBERRY GROVE

EST 1824

 

David Hogg                   Feb 23, 1824

 

Named changed to

MONTROSE

 

William Belcher             Jan 30, 1824

Elijah W. Cornwell        Dec 3, 1851

Leonidas D. Hogg          Dec 31, 1853

William Kittrell              Feb 14, 1866

            Discontinued     Aug 13, 1867

            Re-established   May 25, 1872

Richard L.W. Hogg        May 25, 1872

John C. Hogg                Mar 3, 1873

 

Name changed to

DEFEATED

 

James B. Hogg              Jan 5, 1880

Isaac N. West                May 14, 1886

Ellis S. McKinney          Aug 9, 1897

Lillie H. McKinney        July 14, 1908

Samuel A. Williams        Jan 15, 1913

Lillie H. McKinney        Apr 8, 1914

Haywood R. Williams    July 11, 1918

Van D. West                 Apr 28, 1920

Stella Powell                 Dec 19, 1922

            Discontinued     Jan 31, 1929

Mail sent to Carthage

 

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WILLIAMS MILL

 

Thomas A. Williams      Feb 25, 1840

            Discontinued     May 10, 1842

 

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DIFFICULT

 

James Goad                  Feb 14, 1866

Leonidas J. Williams      Jan 9, 1871

Serilda J. West              Feb 7, 1876

Serilda J. Draper            May 11, 1881

Robert S. Clay               Nov 7, 1893

Henry C. Dean              July 14, 1900

Elizabeth F. Dean          Nov 14, 1901

Robert L. Bullard           Jan 24, 1906

Edgar H. Sutton             April 28, 1914

John C. Cardwell3          May 17, 1938

Gene S. Kemp               Nov 15, 1938

            Discontinued     May 1957

 

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MASADA

 

Henry M. Cornwell        Jan 24, 1891

William C. Sutton          June 13, 1892

            Discontinued     May 31, 1907

Mail sent to Difficult.

 

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BAGDAD

 

James Young                 Dec 26, 1832

Silas Cornwell               June 3, 1836

James Young                 Mar 23, 1843

Oliver F. Young             May 6, 1846

James H. Young            Aug 24, 1852

William C. Sutton          Mar 9, 1866

William D. McCowley    Feb 12, 1867

Leighton F. Williams      Oct 14, 1868

Petyon T. Kemp            Nov 22, 1870

Anderson Williams         Dec 22, 1873

A.E. Russell                  Nov 4, 1880

Felix D. Clark                Aug 29, 1888

Albert R. Dean              May 26, 1892

This Post Office was originally located in the Dean's Hill area of Smith County.

  It now moved across the Jackson County line to what

 is now considered the Bagdad Community.

 

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DONOHO

 

John C. Donoho                        Aug 23, 1883

Thomas F. McClellan     Jan 6, 1890

            Discontinued     Mar 14, 1905

Mail to Defeated.

 

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KEMPVILLE

 

William L. Kemp           May 16, 1887

William L. Kemp, Jr.     June 7, 1887

Walter Dodson              Dec 9, 1901

            Discontinued     Apr 15, 1907

Mail to Defeated.

 

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WITCHER'S CROSS ROADS

 

Daniel K. Witcher          Jan 19, 1833

Haley L. Young             Dec 17, 1838

Gilbert Gibbs                 July 31, 1839

Included in Macon County.

Name changed Jan 31, 1854 to

GIBBS CROSSROADS

 

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CONVENIENT

 

Benjamin J. Vaden         Feb 26, 1844

Warren Nichols             Feb 2, 1855

            Discontinued     Sept 22, 1866

            Restablished      1869 as

SNOW CREEK

Allen Massey                 July 23, 1869

            Discontinued     June 7, 1871

            Re-established   July 10, 1871

Davidson D. Nichols      July 10, 1871

Mathew N. Ford            May 25, 1874

Name changed on May 28, 1882, to

 ELMWOOD

James Finn                    Apr 5, 1889

John P. Burford             Feb 10, 1891

Sue Barnett                   Aug 5, 1895

John P. Burford             July 3, 1899

Mary J. Boulton            May 7, 1902

Sadie C. Wilson             May 7, 1914

Mary J. Boulton            Oct 5, 1914

Charles W. Chilcutt        Feb 10, 1919

Clarence Overstreet       Oct 26, 1932

Hayden Glover4             Feb 28, 1932

Aredelia Glover             Jan 4, 1943

Hayden Glover              Aug 15, 1945

Erma Dell Watts            Oct 7, 1966

 

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CHESTNUT MOUND

 

James T. High               Sep 6, 1855

James g. Wyatt              June 3, 1856

William D. Cardwell       Sep 29, 1857

John C. Draper              Jan 22, 1858

Josua Davis                   Aug 30, 1860

William B. Wyatt           Aug 22, 1866

            Discontinued     Feb 26, 1867

            Re-established   June 6, 1867

Elisha T. Morris June 6, 1867

James W. Draper           Sept 18, 1867

James G. Wyatt             Jan 7, 1868

Henry Petty                  Jan 17, 1870

John G. Wyatt               Feb 7, 1870

George W. Thackston    Nov 1, 1881

B.F. Thackston             Mar 14, 1882

Ann Wyatt                    Mar 17, 1884

Elijah H. Knight Jan 25, 1894

John F. Wyatt               Dec 7, 1897

William B. Wyatt           Oct 24, 1901

James B. Hunter            Apr 13, 1914

Paschal N. Maggart        Mar 28, 1929

Lillard T. Thompson      Aug 30, 1935

Freida J. Glover             Dec 4, 1936

Alf Petty                       Jan 1, 1941

Birdie F. Huff                Apr 16, 1941

Ruth M. Gross              May 31, 1954

            Discontinued     May 15, 1955

            Re-established   Feb 6, 1956

Ruth M. Gross              Feb 6, 1956

 

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STONE BRIDGE

 

Aikin M. Timberlake      July 1, 1847

            Discontinued     May 23, 1849

This was located in the Sullivan's Bend Community.

 

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MAGGART

 

John A. Maggart            June 3, 1886

Felix G. Dickins Oct 4, 1893

John N. Grisham           Sep 10, 1897

            Discontinued     Oct 23, 1903

Mail sent to Elmwood.

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ENIGMA

 

John A. Shepherd          Dec 26, 1882

Napoleon B. Brown       July 14, 1897

Bettie M. Shepherd        Nov 17, 1902

            Discontinued     May 18, 1905

Mail to Chestnut Mound.

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STONE WALL

 

Henry J. Perkins            Oct 18, 1875

James A. Durham          Jan 29, 1877

John H. Gordon             June 20, 1878

Francis M. Ward           July 10, 1882

James H. Smith             July 4, 1887

Charles M. Gwaltney     June 2, 1898

James H. Smith             Feb 11, 1902

            Discontinued     July 15, 1920

Mail to Gordonsville.

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CLUBB SPRINGS

 

Andrew M. Robinson     Nov 11, 1902

            Discontinued     Dec 15, 1904

Mail to Stonewall

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DOWS

 

John Jellicorse               Nov 11, 1902

            Discontinued     Dec 14, 1904

Mail to Stonewall

 

This Post Office was located in the Horseshoe Bend Community.

 

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ROUND LICK

 

Armistead Moore           April 8, 1814

James Shelton               Sept 3, 1819

 

Name changed on May 7, 1830, to

ROME

William B. Moore          May 7, 1830

Edmund Harris              June 2, 1837

John H. Bedford                        June 29, 1838

John H. Bates                Dec. 23, 1840

S.M. Jones                    Mar 18, 1845

William M. Bell             Jan 5, 1846

Lycurgus W. Williams    Aug 22, 1865

Eddie E. Dowdy                        Dec 30, 1867

Tabitha L. Roundtree     Jan 23, 1871

Wilson G. Harrison        May 27, 1874

Edmund Harrison          Feb 6, 1883

William H. Dirickson      Mar 31, 1890

Robert A. Cato              Dec 29, 1892

W. Thomas Cato           Apr 5, 1897

Georgie E. Brown          Dec 29, 1900

Daniel V. Wilson           Dec 10, 1902

            Discontinued     Dec 31, 1910

            Re-established   April 29, 1914

Albert S. Oliver             April 29, 1914

Mary E. Clark               Dec 31, 1920

Lydia M. Cooksey         Jan 23, 1931

Dayton E. Litchford       May 31, 1932

            Discontinued     Dec 15, 1932

Mail to Carthage.

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KNOBTON

 

James B. Hughes           Sep 24, 1883

Samantha Snoddy          Dec 11, 1893

            Discontinued     Jan 26, 1895

Located in the Hiwassee Community.

Mail to Caruthers (Wilson Co).

 

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GORDONSVILLE

 

John Gordon                 Aug 9, 1823

John W. Bowen             Dec 28, 1858

Fannie L. Bowen           Oct 4, 1865

Thomas A. Gold            Aug 23, 1872

John W. Bowen             Oct 23, 1873

Joel J. Askew                Jan 31, 1876

Bartlett A. James           Nov 13, 1876

Mattie Turner                Feb 17, 1890

Thomas A. Hogan         Sep 6, 1894

Joseph B. Whitley          June 21, 1897

John Hugh Turner         Apr 1, 1898

Mame C. Turner           Feb 10, 1903

James F. Gwaltney        June 21, 1907

Walter H. James            Apr 21, 1914

William J. Presley          Mar 24, 1930

Elsie Gwaltney              May 29, 1930

James Clyde Bass          Aug 20, 1944

Martha Bass                  Jan 5, 1945

 

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CLINTON COLLEGE

 

James B. Moores           Mar 17, 1835

John W. Bowen             June 13, 1840

Francis H. Gordon         Oct 1, 1840

John Stevens                 Jan 18, 1842

 

Changed on July 18, 1854 to

NEW MIDDLETON

Sterling Ward                July 18, 1854

William G. Bransford     Oct 13, 1881

J.W. Turner                  Mar 1, 1882

William G. Bransford     Jan 17, 1889

James W. Turner           Apr 4, 1889

Zulerke(?) Gill               June 1, 1894

Frank G. Bradford         Sep 17, 1904

William H. Lincoln         May 13, 1907

Benjamin F. Allen          June 29, 1910

Lynus B. Ferguson        Apr 21, 1914

Ardelia Ferguson            June 1, 1946

William E. Winfree5       Dec 15, 1947

Mary F. Carpenter         Aug 15, 1949

Johnnie F. Stevens         Oct 31, 164

            Discontinued     Feb 26, 1965

 

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JENNINGS FORK

 

William W. Seay            June 16, 1856

John Barber                  May 19, 1862

William Manning           Aug 22, 1865

Dennis Smith                 Aug 19, 1869

John S. Wade                Jan 20, 1870

 

Name changed on Feb 13, 1871 to

GRANT

Henry C. Jenkins           June 10, 1872

William Manning           Apr 28, 1873

E. Wilson, Jr.                Aug 7, 1873

Henry C. Jenkins           Sep 8, 1873

Coleman S. Samson       Sep 27, 1874

T.A. Morris                   Dec 21, 1874

            Discontinued     Aug 20, 1875

            Re-established   Oct 20, 1875

Benjamin F. Atwood      Oct 20, 1875

Benjamin D. Rogers       Jan 11, 1884

William M. Oakley         Jan 7, 1885

James H. schaver           Dec 15, 1885

William Odum               Feb 2, 1887

Nannie P. McClanahan June 24, 1890

William Odum               June 1, 1894

Thomas A. Morris         Jan 26, 1898

Jordon M. Hawkins (nc) Jan 5, 1901

Finus E. Bell                 Oct 28, 1901

Richard A. Bass Dec 18, 1902

John T. Marks               Jan 1905

            Discontinued Apr 30, 1906

            Mail to Brush Creek.

 

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LANCASTER

 

Abner Lacke                 May 18, 1821

Alfred Vannerson           Jan 10, 1833

William D. Lester          Oct 28, 1835

William Lancaster          Jan 23, 1839

John Lancaster              Sept 8, 1842

Thomas C. Marchbank  Apr 17, 1844

Michael Lancaster          Aug 16, 1852

            Discontinued     Sept 22, 1866

            Reestablished    Oct 13, 1874

Jesse D. Fisher              Oct 13, 1874

James C. Prichard          July 12, 1878

            Discontinued     July 28, 1879

            Re-established   Oct 27, 1885

Charles S. Kinslow        Oct 27, 1885

            Discontinued     Oct 28, 1887

            Re-established   Sep 28, 1888

William B. Reynolds      Sep 28, 1888

Jesse D. Fisher              Aug 15, 1896

William Lancaster          Mar 7, 1898

Harrison Starnes            Sep 19, 1903

James F. Ash                 Oct 20, 1904

Henry C. Lancaster, Jr.Sep 24, 1910

Edgar D. Robinson        Apr 21, 1914

Mrs. Jessie M. Burton    Aug 31, 1954

 

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BRUSH CREEK

 

George E. Courtney       Aug 4, 1879

George R. Allen             Sep 5, 1884

Jennie J. Allen               Aug 27, 1890

Albert B. Smith             Jan 9, 1892

Reuben A. Lawrence     Oct 4, 1893

 

Name changed on Dec 10, 1896, to TUXEDO

 

Name changed back on Jan 6, 1897, to BRUSH CREEK

 

Robert E. Smartt           Sep 10, 1897

Henry T. Fuller             Aug 18, 1914

Jacob M. Jennings         Aug 19, 1918

Name changed on May 1, 1923, to

NORTH ALEXANDRIA

 

Name changed back on July 15, 1926, to

BRUSH CREEK

 

Gordon Gill6                  July 1, 1948

Dayton Woodside          Nov 15, 1952

Ralph H. Agee               Sep 15, 1953

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BAIRDSVILLE

 

John D. Baird                Feb. 19, 1855

George C. Flippin          Jan 22, 1856

            Discontinued April 10, 1860

            This post office was in the SYKES area.

 

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NEW DURHAM

 

Levi A. Durham Jan 10, 1830

            Discontinued     Dec 8, 1834

            Also located in SYKES area.

 

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SYKES

 

William E. Sykes           Apr 9, 1885

Elizabeth C. Jones         Mar 13, 1890

William E. Sykes           June 11, 1892

            Discontinued     Jan 26, 1895

            Re-established   Mar 12, 1895

William E. Sykes           Mar 12, 1895

Thomas Moor (?)          Feb 3, 1898

Cicero Williams             Feb 3, 1899

William E. Sykes           Mar 9, 1900

Thomas W. Sykes         Feb 29, 1908

Joseph F. Ashley           Jan 13, 1912

Connie F. Gwaltney       Apr 22, 1914

Robert F. Sykes             Jan 29, 1919

Connie F. Gwaltney       Sep 1, 1941

            Discontinued     Aug 31, 1957

 

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BRIDGES

 

James D. Rowland         Jul 10, 1890

            Discontinued     Sept 30, 1893

Mail to Gordonsville

            Re-established   Nov 2, 1894

Joseph B. Anderson       Nov 2, 1894

A.S. Stewart                  Sep 20, 1902

George F. Corley           Dec 29, 1902

John H. Hopkins            July 30, 1904

            Discontinued     Dec 15, 1904

            Re-established   Feb 11, 1908

Sidney P. Jones             Feb 11, 1908

            Discontinued     Mar 14, 1910

This post office was where?

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HICKMAN

 

William C. Wright          Feb 20, 1886

William J. Givan            Feb 20, 1890

Robert B. James            Aug 13, 1894

Winfield S. Askew         Jan 26, 1898

Charles B. Williams       Oct 11, 1910

Luther H. Gwaltney       July 27, 1912

Albert S. Jones              Apr 20, 1914

Barnie V. Bruce             Mar 25, 1930

Sanders S. Newport       Jan 14, 1931

Addie B. Newport          May 9, 1932

Elmer M. Gwaltney       Feb 28, 1933

Henry Pernell Nixon      Nov 10, 1933

Frances D. Thomas       Oct 11, 1936

 

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COWENSVILLE

 

William M. Cowen         May 29, 1900

            Discontinued     Oct 31, 1904

Mail sent to Hickman

Located on Bowling Branch at

Cowen's Store.

 

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BLUFF CREEK

 

William Ballenger           Aug 24, 1889

Andrew J. Dawson        May 26, 1892

Thomas Mason             Sep 11, 1897

Willie B. Wyatt              Feb 4, 1898

Henry D. Gass              Mar 31, 1899

James W. Harel             Jan 21, 1902

Thomas E. Armstead     Dec 18, 1902

John W. Smith              Mar 23, 1904

            Discontinued     Mar 31, 1906

            Re-established   July 10, 1909

Arthur T. Smith             July 10, 1909

Robert P. Sherrell          Dec 14, 1910

George D. Piper            May 24, 1911

            Discontinued     Feb 28, 1913

 

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RUSHING

 

Nancy G. Waggoner      Mar 7, 1899

            Discontinued     June 15, 1901

            Mail sent to Carthage.

South Carthage area.

Also known as Rewoda

 

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HOGAN

 

James W. Bailey            Aug 3, 1894

            Discontinued     Oct 20, 1897

Mail sent to Carthage.

Hogan Creek area.

Post Office was near McCall Ave

 South Carthage.

 

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ENOCH

 

John A. Eagleton           Apr 4, 1882

Calvin A. Kenney          Jan 29, 1887

Richard Hodges             Feb 14, 1888

Elzora V. Clark              Dec 29, 1900

Richard Hodges             Jan 19, 1904

Willie L. Hodges            Dec 15, 1906

            Discontued        Oct 31, 1907

Mail sent to Carthage

This Post Office located in Rock City.

 

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PUNCH

 

John S. Carter               May 21, 1900

Sallie Carter                  May 25, 1905

Goree G. Denny                        Oct 11, 1905

            Discontinued     Oct 31, 1907

This Post office was in Watervale.

 

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OLIVER

 

Andy Oliver                  Aug 17, 1893

Andrew Tyree               Nov 15, 1898

Ed Wilson                     Nov 16, 1903

Robert A. Tyree                        Apr 28, 1904

            Discontinued     Oct 31, 1907

I think that this Post Office was somewhere in the South Carthage area as well.

 

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CUNDALL'S MILL

 

Thomas J. Harlan          May 27, 1878

William Odum               June 28, 1878

James P.  McKee          Feb 24, 1880

William P. North           Jan 17, 1881

            Discontinued     Nov 21, 1881

            Re-established   May 28, 1886

C.A. Morgan                 May 28, 1886

Name changed on unknown date to

CUNDALL

Laura Highers                Mar 12, 1898

A. J. Johnson                May 6, 1899

            Discontinued     April 30, 1900

This PO was located in the Flatt Rock area.

 

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SEBOWISHA SMITH

 

Lorenzo D. Bennett       Aug 3, 1910

            Discontinued     June 14, 1912

Located near Lancaster.

 

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KAVANAUGH

 

Daniel Alexander           Oct 1, 1807

Charles Kavenaugh        April 1, 1808

No futher mention, must have been discontinued. 

It was at what is now Alexandria and may have just been renamed.

 

 

ALEXANDER (ALEXANDRIA)

 

Daniel Alexander           April 2, 1821

John Haas                     April 13, 1825

John S. Brien                Sept 16, 1825

Thomas Whaley            Oct 20, 1827

John S. Brien                Sept 6, 1828

Jacob Fite                     July 6, 1830

Included in Dekalb County.

 

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LIBERTY

 

Adam Dale                    May 10, 1803

John Daugherty             Dec 14, 1829

Ebenezer Wright            Sep 21, 1836

Included in Dekalb County.

 

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FORT BLOUNT/WILLIAMSBURG

 

Sampson Williams         April 22, 1800

County line change in 1805 cut this off into Jackson County

 

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BLACKBURN SPRINGS

 

Benjamin Blackburn      Jan 1, 1801

Included in Jackson County in 1801. 

Is the Double Springs Community in current Putnam County.

 

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BRATTON'S

 

William Bratton Dec 10, 1827

Included in Macon County.

 

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BREVARD'S

 

Alfred A. Brevard          May 13, 1827

            Discontinued     May 10, 1837

Would have been in Macon County.

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SALT LICK CREEK

EST 1829

 

Samuel Dewitt               Mar 1, 1833

Samuel Jones                Aug 3, 1836

Samuel Jones (Jr.?)        June 24, 1842

Included in Macon County, since discontinued.

 

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LONG CREEK

 

Wylie Woodcock           May 2, 1835

            Discontinued     Aug 24, 1835

Would have been in Macon County.

 

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MEADORVILLE

 

Charles J. Coker            April 24, 1837

Reason Barrow              June 9, 1842

Included in Macon County.

 

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GOOSE CREEK

 

Archibald McNeill          Dec 6, 1837

            Discontinued     Aug 23, 1842

            Reestablished    1852

Joseph Johnson             Dec 10, 1852

            Discontinued     Nov 8, 1859

Would be in Trousdale County

 

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COOPER'S

 

Dabney Cooper             Feb 13, 1838

Included in Macon County.

 

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MONTGOMERY

 

James Montgomery7       Mar 22, 1819

            Discontinued     1824

This Post Office was probably in what would now be Trousdale County

 as a new Post Office of the same name was created in 1828 in Sumner County.

 

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MOUNT RICHARDSON

(JACKSON CO.)

 

Created in Jackson County but also served extreme eastern Smith County.

 

James Raulston    April 1, 1817

James McKinley June 2, 1828

This was near the current day community of Pekin in Putnam County on Highway 70N.

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CAIRO-CRAGFONT

 

This Post Office was in Sumner County but it served Smith until Dixon Spring Post Office was opened.

 

William Cage                      Oct 1, 1798

James Winchester              Jan 1, 1801

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ALTON HILL

 

James T. Wilson  Aug 9, 1841

               Discontinued       Mar 30, 1843

This Post Office was also in Sumner County but served part of what was then Smith County but is now Trousdale County.

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NOTES

 

1             Rescinded

2             Just a name change

3             Acting Post Master

4             Military Leave

5             Transferred to Rural Carrier

6             Rural Carrier

7             Bonded by _____ Chamberland       and A. Alexander.

 

 

 

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