Cheatham County, Tennessee Post Offices

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Cheatham County Post Offices
Transcribed, without changes in spelling of names and places, from U.S. Postal Service Records

ASHLAND CITY

Postmaster Effective Date

(Name changed from Sewanee)

John N. Allen 7 Jun 1860

Harvey V. Thompson 31 May 1862

Willis W. Sanders 8 Jul 1865

Joseph B. Shivers 2 Jul 1897

Nicholas N. Binkley 27 Jan 1903

William J. Shivers 15 Jun 1905

E. F. Allen 24 Jun 1914

John P. Galaher 1 Dec 1923

John W. Nicholson 16 Feb 1936

Jesse E. Morris 30 Sep 1953

Morris F. Dozier 29 Jun 1956

James W. Johns, Jr. 20Feb 1971

Ray A. Purrier (OIC) 22 Mar 1984

Franklin D. Corter 21 Jul 1984

Billy Lee 15 Jun 1993

BINNACLE

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Richard R. Felts, Jr. 13 Jun 1882

Name changed to Pinnacle 21 Aug 1882

BURNEY

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Melvina I. Teasley 6 Mar 1900

(Discontinued 31Dec 1904 - moved to Cheap Hill)

CHAPMANSBORO

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(Named changed from Cheap Hill)

Mrs. Tommie L. Stuart 1 Dec 1921

Lucile Nix Hunter 25 Jul 1945

Donna K. Allen 31 Dec 1968

Billy Ellis 4 Sep 1971

Shirley B. Owen 4 Jun 1988

CHESNUT GROVE

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(From Davidson County)

James H. Fulgham 29 Mar 1856

(Discontinued 22 September 1866)

CRAGGIE HOPE

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(Name changed from Kingston Springs)

James A. Woods 16 Dec 1869

Alexander B. Hendrix 22 Apr 1873

Jerome H. Sturdivant 27 May 1879

Mary B. Coggins 10 May 1897

Harry D. Tevis 17 Jun 1899

Fannie Thompson 7 Jan 1901

Mabel Webber 3 Mar 1905

William P. Parker 7 Oct 1905

Appointment recinded 2 Nov 1905

Mabel Parker 3 Mar 1905

Jahugh Sutherlan 25 May 1906

Grey B. Smith 7 Mar 1928

(Discontinued 30 June 1953 - Mail to Kingston Springs)

DEAN

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Sterling B. Alley 13 Dec 1880

E. F. Miles 12 Aug 1881

(Discontinued 5 September 1882 - Mail to Ashland City)

DEEP SPRING

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Hiram T. Stringfellow 20 Mar 1878

James W. Harper 26 Sep 1888

King C. Griffin 2 Sep 1892

(Discontinued 1 July 1896 - Mail to Petway )

DEEPSPRING

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John J. King 4 Feb 1897

Josephine L. King 1 Jun 1900

William R. Harper 2 Jan 1907

Mollie A. Sullivan 25 Feb 1907

(Discontinued 15 Jun 1909 - Mail to Peagram)

DODGE

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Enoch Dozier 19 Mar 1891

(Discontinued 23 June, 1892 - Reestablished)

Alfrew W. Stewart 23 Jul 1892

(Discontinued 20 June, 1895 - Reestablished)

Watson C. Blankenship 31 Jan 1900

William E. Read 6 Feb 1901

Hubert W. Blankenship 19 May 1904

Robert F. Osborn 27 Nov 1907

Emmett Hooper 9 Feb 1910

(Discontinued 31 August, 1911 - Mail to Ashland City)

FOX BLUFF

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Lutian A. Hollis 15 Sep 1904

John W. Cain 19 Feb 1906

Samuel H. Ellison, Jr. 22 Jan 1907

Carrie E. Lee 18 Sep 1913

Claire O. Ellison 27 Jan 1915

Cora M. Bennett 17 Mar 1919

(Discontinued 16 December, 1932 - Mail to Neptune)

FREMONT

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John H. F. Curtman 6 Nov 1874

James H. Curtman 15 Dec 1875

John H. F. Curtman 31 Jan 1876

Martna M. Curtman 5 Jul 1876

Sarah C. Osbirne 23 Aug 1879

Simeon Morris 13 Nov 1879

(Name changed to Petway 20 August, 1885)

HALF PONE

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James F. Nicholson 29 Jul 1891

(Discontinued 31 December, 1904 - Mail to Cheap Hill)

HARPER

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David C. Neal 8 Jun 1900

(Discontinued 30 June, 1905 - Mail to Ashland City

HENRIETTA

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(From Montgomery County)

Hardy C. Pace 22 Jun 1858

B. F. King 15 Feb 1859

Robert T. Gupton 16 Jun 1859

(Discontinued 22 October, 1860)

John M. Duke 19 Jun 1877

J. H. Balthrop 9 Aug 1880

J. J. Gupton 18 Apr 1882

John H. Balthhrop 23 Jun 1882

Thomas J. Batts 3 Dec 1896

(Discontinued 15 April, 1905 - Mail to Cheap Hill)

HOFFASVILLE

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Willett H. Winters 18 Mar 1886

George W. Elliott 5 Feb 1889

(Discontinued 15 September, 1904- Mail to Joelton)

JUNKSTON

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Frank P. Lovell 19 Jul 1883

Louis C. Lovell 19 Oct 1883

Allen Link 19 Sep 1889

Louis C. Lovell 3 Apr 1901

William J. Demumbra 9 Jun 1902

(Discontinued 31 March, 1903 - Mail to Nashville)

KEITH

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Charles A. Dean 28 Feb 1881

(Discontinued 5 December, 1881)

KINGSTON SPRINGS

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Zachana Payne 6 Oct 1865

Henry Sesler 4 Jan 1869

(Name changed to Craggie Hope 16 Dec 1869)

Columbus Arnold 4 Jun 1873

Middleton L. Moore 21 Mar 1881

Edward M. Page 15 Jul 1893

Middleton L. Moore 3 Apr1901

Frank F. Crumpler 13 Jun 1907

William H. Jones 4 Sep 1922

Leo Liles 1 Sep 1922

Flora Deal 2 Apr 1932

Mrs. percy E. Beard 25 Oct 1932

Wilton Rust 1 Oct 1949

Robert W. Harris 19 Jan 1962

Karen Lloyd 2 Apr 1986

Pat A. McDaniel 9 May 1986

Clinton C. Boyd 6 Jun 1986

Fay Evetts 29 Dec 1989

Vicky E. Garrett 10 Mar 1990

Jerri Rene Cannon (OIC) 8 Jul 1991

Cecil D. Meador 30 Sep 1991

John R. Wise 21 Mar 1992

LILLAMAY

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Josiah N. Shearon 1 Sep 1887

William Shearon, Sr. 9 Oct 1899

(Discontinued 31 May, 1908 - Mail to Nashville)

LOCKERTSVILLE

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William S. Lockert 23 May 1884

George F. Binkley 30 Apr 1894

Leonard F. Teasley 29 May 1894

(Discontinued 20 June, 1905 - Mail to Ashland City)

MARROWBONE

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William Dunlap 29 Feb 1876

(Discontinued 10 May, 1877 0

William T. Selley 26 Aug 1887

John L. Gallaher, Jr. 22 Aug 1891

Walter G. Gray 27 Nov 1894

William C. Hutton 28 Feb 1902

(Discontinued 15 March, 1907 - Mail to Lillamay)

NARROWS

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William J. Ham 22 Dec 1892

Riley N. Binkley 17 Oct 1893

Alex C. Bell 17 Nov 1894

(Discontinued 31 January, 1903 - Mail to Shacklett)

NEPTUNE

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William L. Robertson 2 Jun 1882

John T. Mosley 17 Jul 1893

John A. Mosley 3 Nov 1894

William L. Robertson 4 Jan 1898

Robert G. Robertson 1 8 Apr 1903

Rufus L. Bobbitt 10 May 1905

(Discontinued 20 April, 1907 - Mail to Cheap Hill)

George W. Fambrough 26 Oct 1908

Mrs. Allie E. Fambrough 5 Apr 1942

(Discontinued 30 April, 1957 - Mail to Ashland City)

OCEOLA

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(Name Changed from Shaw's Store)

Benjamin Barnes 22 Jun 1859

(Discontinued 22 September, 1866)

ONECHO

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(From Montgomery County)

James H. Williams 1856

David E. Barton 27 Mar 1860

(Discontinued 6 February, 1861)

PEGRAM

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(Name Changed from Peagram's Station)

George W. Peagram 29 Aug 1882

William C. Greer 13 Apr 1904

Phillip H. Mitchell 22 Jun 1905

James E. Agee 10 Jul 1909

Minnie G. Thompson 6 Dec 1910

Ethel P. Washington 18 Apr 1914

Minnie G. Thompson 4 Mar 1920

Minnie G. Linton (marriage)

Carrie P. Heath 5 Dec 1924

Noel Edgar Marsh 1 Apr 1946

Howard B. Payne 15 May 1957

Frank W. Greer 14 Sep 1962

Mildred L. Palmore 9 Jul 1965

Frank Wodrow Greer 7 Oct 1966

Bernice Stokes 1986

George Brown Current '98

PEAGRAM'S STATION

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Robert Peagram 9 Oct 1866

(Discontinued 25 October, 1867)

Zachary T. Peagram 22 Nov 1870

George W. Peagram 15 Jan 1879

(Name changed to Peagram, 29 April, 1882)

PETWAY

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(Name Changed from Fremont)

W. E. Williams 20 Aug 1885

(Discontinued 31 August 1911 - Mail to Ashland City)

PINNACLE

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(Name changed from Binnacle)

Richard R. Felts, Jr. 21 Aug 1882

James C. Mayo 28 Nov 1898

Joseph E. Dean 3 Apr 1901

(Discontinued 29 November, 1902 - Mail to Westernia)

PLEASANT VIEW

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Henry E. Hyde 5 Mar 1869

Andrew J. Hunt 12 May 1876

James J. Hellums 1 Dec 1880

John J. Bradley 16 Dec 1880

Mary A. Shivers 21 Sep 1912

Mary A. Heatham 28 Dec 1912

Willard W. Dowlin 5 May 1914

Nellie Chambliss 23 Jun 1928

William Henry Chambliss 13 Feb 1938

Margaret E. Harris 11 Sep 1939

Nancy Clark Shaw 5 Mar 1965

Billy Ellis (OIC) 31 May 1978

Shirley B. Owen (OIC) 27 Sep 1978

Betty T. Choate (OIC) 15 Jun 1979

Harold D. Rediker 8 Sep 1979

Marty Patton 1993

REST

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Carol F. Binkley 21 Apr 1891

(Discontinued 4 April, 1896 - Mail to Sycamore)

John T. Newman 1 Aug 1890

9 Discontinued 31 May, 1911 - Mail to Ashland City)

ROSEBOWER

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Riley N. Binkley 21 Oct 1891

James P. Mosier 9 Dec 1892

James P. Moiser Jan 1893

(Discontinued 6 April, 1895 - Reestablished)

William R. Mosier 27 Mar 1896

(Discontinued 2 November, 1897)

Lewis F. Thomas 23 Jun 1899

(Discontinued 30 November, 1903 - Mail to Sycamore)

SEWANEE

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William C. Buck 23 Mar 1858

John N. Allen 29 Nov 1859

(Name changed to Ashland City, 7 Jun 1860)

SHACKLETT

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Henry R. Shacklett 17 May 1897

Alexander Y. Mays 15 Nov 1901

Newsom B. Mays 5 Mar 1903

(Discontinued 30 June, 1904 - Mail to Kingston Springs)

SHAW'S STORE

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(From Montgomery County)

Washington Wall 24 Jun 1856

(Name changed to Oceola 22 June, 1859)

SOBEL

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Lewis F. Smith 5 Mar 1890

Cave J. Hagewood 16 Jul 1903

John B. Davis 8 Aug 1910

(Discontinued 15 May, 1918 - Mail to Neptune)

SYCAMORE

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(Name changed from Sycamore Mills)

David Nichols 5 Apr 1870

William B. Watson 10 Jul 1872

Garrett Stritch 18 Jul 1878

William B. Felts 15 Mar 1882

Eugene C. Lewis 15 Jun 1883

Andrew P. Jackson 10 Mar 1903

(Discontinued 16 December, 1907 - Mail to Ashland City)

POND CREEK

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Frank P. Lovell 1 Feb 1878

(Discontinued 27 September, 1882 - Mail to Deep Spring)

SYCAMORE MILLS

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(From Davidson County)

Randolph Simmons 26 May 1856

William B. Nichols 12 Apr 1858

Joseph Hudson 12 May 1862

W. B. Nichols 8 Jul 1865

David Nichols 22 Aug 1865

(Name changed to Sycamore 5 April, 1870)

THOMASVILLE

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(From Robertson County)

John W. Shaw 16 Jan 1867

William A. Jackson 20 Feb 1886

Jackson T. Snell 7 Jan 1889

William R. Harris 26 Dec 1893

Louise B. Pace 1 Aug 1941

Sarah Frances Harris 12 Oct 1941

(Discontinued 30 April, 1950 - Mail to Chapmansboro)

WESTERNIA

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Florence J. Smith 17 Aug 1882

David J. Johns 20 Jan 1885

Discontinued 15 August, 1903 - Mail to Joelton)