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.
| ALEXANDRIA |
Jacob Fite |
6 July 1830 |
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William Floyd |
8 March 1847 |
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Oliver D. Williams |
15 May 1862 |
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James Turner |
8 July 1865 |
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Albert J. Edwards |
25 Sept. 1867 |
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Jos. W. Herd |
17 June 1869 |
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Thomas Evans |
29 Dec. 1873 |
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Stephen Pledger |
11 May 1870 |
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Albert J. Edwards |
29 Dec. 1873 |
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John ??? |
12 July 1881 |
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Robert M. Bone |
28 Dec. 1885 |
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George McNeely |
20 April 1889 |
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Sampson W. McClellan |
1 June 1893 |
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Charles Clay Knox |
20 May 1897 |
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Elija W. Brown |
16 July 1904 |
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James W. Parker |
17 June 1907 |
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John M. Pendleton |
7 May 1913 |
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Bertha P. Compton |
30 Jan. 1922 |
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Laura W. Malone |
15 March 1926 |
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Mattie G. Goodner |
16 Jan. 1935 |
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Laurene H. Henley |
6 Nov. 1964 |
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William C. Avant |
25 May 1966 |
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Gaynelle Willoughby |
Nov 1980 |
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| ATWELL |
John R. Taylor |
9 June 1892 |
2 June 1895 |
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| BEAR BRANCH |
Hiram P. Cantrell |
20 Nov. 1874 |
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Bing F. Hicks |
30 Sept. 1878 |
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Wm. M. martin |
8 Jan. 1880 |
23 Dec. 1880 |
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Reestablished |
6 Feb. 1885 |
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Pery G. Cantrell |
6 Feb. 1885 |
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Stephen Petty |
14 May 1886 |
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Abraham W. J. Cantrell |
12 April 1887 |
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Richard M. Sanders |
11 April 1890 |
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Sophronia Capshaw |
22 Jan. 1898 |
15 March 1904 |
SMITHVILLE |
| BELK |
Frank Neely |
8 Dec. 1893 |
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N. T. Hall |
2 Nov. 1895 |
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Marion F. Fisher |
31 Dec. 1895 |
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Nathen T. Wall |
5 Nov. 1896 |
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John Goodson |
21 Dec. 1897 |
29 Feb. 1908 |
KELTONBURGH |
| BLEND |
Andrew R. Myers |
3 March 1901 |
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John F. Hendrickson |
1 May 1901 |
1904 |
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