Stewart County Post Offices and Postmasters

The United States Herald, 11 Aug 1810, Vol. 1, No. 5
Letters remaining in the post office at Dover, per James Russell, postmaster:
Peter Blackon, Gilbert Barry, Daniel Buchannin, Ephraim B. Davidson, Isaac Lanier, Burwell Lanier, Rebekah McKinny, Daniel McMillan, John Maning, Enoch Mashburn, William McGundy, Jacob McCarty, William Pryor, Abner Pearce, Mark Rushing, Thomas Smith, John Scale Stole, Benjamin Spencer, Elizabeth Watson

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Post Offices and Postmasters in U. S., Appointments of Postmasters (accessed via Ancestry.com)

from National Archives Publication Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971 (NARA Microfilm M841)

Post Office	Date Opened	Postmaster	Date Closed
Ardee	6 Oct 1899	Milas A. Bryant George W. Clinard (1902)	11 Aug 1905 (mail to Indian Mound)
Bass	29 Jul 1846	Jethro Bass	13 Aug 1850
Bear Spring	23 Mar 1893	John H. Lory George L. Hart (1905) Harry B. Howard (1924) John A. McCracken (1927) William L. Feltner (1928) Hestella C. Howard (1931)	1948
Belknaps	1829		1829
Big Rock	12 Apr 1854	William Stone Joseph B. Stone (1857) (discontinued 1867-1873) Edwin W. Thomason (1873) (discontinued 1874-1878) Ed P. Martin (1878) Joseph P. Pryor (1897) William E. Barnett (1914)	1 Apr 1874
Blue Creek	20 Aug 1878	John M. T. Ralls Wily B. Waggoner (1886) John M. T. Ralls (1886) N. J. Brewer (1888) Mrs. Sarah Ralls (1888) (discontinued 1890-1893) Nannie Wallis (1893)	1894 – changed to Bluecreek
Bluecreek	5 May 1894	John C. Melton	23 May 1895 (mail to Bumpus Mills)
Blue Spring	4 Oct 1836	Richard Bagwell Felix Barbee (1847) Noah McGregor (1848) (discontinued 1849-1851) Alexander A. Bagwell (1851) William S. Bibb (1854) Alexander A. Bagwell (1857) (discontinued 1858-1865) ? Bagwell (1865)	9 Jun 1866
Bowling Green	15 Jun 1848	J. F. Gentry (discontinued 1849-1851) N. T. Allman (1851)	22 Sep 1866
Brunson's	21 May 1829	Jesse A. Brunson Clark M. Shelby (1837)	1839 – changed to Byron Forge
Brunsonville	1821		1822
Bruton	30 Aug 1880	J. B. Crockarell William J. Atkins (1885)	24 Jan 1888 – changed to Fedora
Bumpus Mills	3 Aug 1874	Andrew J. Bumpus Henry B. Killebrew (1898) John N. Lewis (1901) Aubrey T. Moore (1920)
Byron Forge	9 Jul 1839	James L. James	1842
Caleb	29 Apr 1884	Virgil M. Wright	30 Dec 1884 (mail to Bumpus Mills)
Caleb's Valley	29 Jun 1857	William H. Ellis (discontinued 1866-1870) R. McGary (1870)	13 Sep 1872
Carlisle	24 Nov 1899	Frank R. Thrall Henry H. Deane (1900) James A. Higgs (1901) Lames H. Huggins (1901) James A. Milam (1904) John C. Ralls (1905) (discontinued 1905-1908) John C. Ralls (1908) Thomas L. Ralls (1915) Benjamin H. Hobing (1919) Miss Inez E. Fowler (1923)	31 May 1923 (mail to Tennessee Ridge)
Cayce	6 Jan 1900	George W. Stalls Sarah L. Slaughter (1901) Loudy Summers (1901)	28 May 1906 (mail to Indian Mound)
Cumberland City	12 Sep 1866	William H. Marshall C. L. Richards (1866) Joseph M. Plunket (1868) Robert E. Thomas (1871) George Stacker (1876) Sanford A. Patterson (1883) Sam Bellar (1898) Robert A. Wallace (1905) Marie O. Wallace (1908) Grant L. Landis (1910) Myrtle Thomas (1913) M. Bessie Allen (1915) Alvin L. Bilbrey (1916) Grant L. Landis (1922)
Cumberland Iron Works	10 Dec 1835	Samuel Stacker A. G. Payne (1852) Judson Horn (1854) James Woods Jr. (1856) (discontinued 1866-1867) John H. Hobing (1867) (discontinued 1872-1873) James Woods Jr. (1873) Joseph Vaulx (1880)	28 Mar 1884 (mail to Dover)
Dalbo	21 Jun 1905	Milton O. Hicks	1905
Dilday's Landing	18 Mar 1878	T. P. Fakes Aquilla Q. Knight (1881)	13 Apr 1888 – changed to Dilday’s
Dilday’s	13 Apr 1888	Aquilla Q. Knight Rufus M. Knight (1888) Robert H. Cook (1903) Mancil G. Knight (1904)	3 Jun 1905 (mail to Model)
Dill	5 Dec 1928	John D. Dill	1933
Dover / Dover Court House	1807	William Kay J. C. Ingram & C. C. Clements (1837) Hugh L. Brown (1838) John H. Petty (1839) A. A. C. Rogers (1842) Alexander M. Wall (1842) Aaron Goodrich (1844) Thomas M. Atkins (1848) Alexander M. Wall (1849) Joseph R. Geeting (1851) Jefferson F. Gentry (1852) Henderson B. Scarborough (1852) James C. Cook (1853) James W. Hatcher (1854) James M. Cherry (1855) William C. Settle (1856) James H. Scarborough (1857) Malachi Marlow (1858) William C. McGee (1860) George M. Stewart (1865) James P. Flood (1867) John T. Randle (1877) William P. Bruton (1880) Joseph Ferguson (1889) William H. Hyde (1892) Rufus S. Lemaster (1893) Asa M. Tippit (1897) Flora M. Tippit (1903) James M. Scarborough (1914) Roe Austin (1924)
Dover Furnace	19 Dec 1829	Robertson Yeatman	1835 - changed to Cumberland Iron Works
Ellis	12 May 1881	William W. Ellis Charles C. Satterfield (1887)	20 Nov 1904 (mail to Dover)
Elon	17 Oct 1903	Solomon B. Hays George W. Gardner (1906) Althea O. Hamline (1907) (discontinued 1907-1908) Henry F. Wofford (1908)	11 Aug 1911 (mail to Moltke)
Erin	27 Jul 1868	Andrew G. Halliday H. W. Nichols (1870) N. O. Thomas (1871)	1871 (in Houston Co.)
Eutopia	17 May 1904	Floyd Livingston	25 Feb 1907
Fedora	24 Jan 1888	William J. Atkins Etna T. Foster (1894) Vedora A. Atkins (1895) Henry T. Grizzard (1896) John B. Crockarell (1898) Francis M. Sexton (1900) James H. Keel (1903) William J. Grizzard (1903) John B. Crockarell (1910) (discontinued 1912-1915) Louis E. Coppedge (1915) John B. Crockarell (1916)	25 May 1916 (mail to Indian Mound)
Fort Henry	28 May 1886	James T. Wofford Rufus M. Robertson (1889) Joe G. Gorham (1891) John W. Gorham (1911) Luther Wimberly (1914) Julius E. Sykes (1915) George M. Rutland (1917) Julius E. Sykes (1922) Milton O. Hicks (1926) Columbus C. Wallace (1926) John M. Keel (1930) Mrs. Bennie B. Keel (1930)	1957
Gatlin’s	19 Jun 1890	Jeff D. Gatlin Asa M. Tippit (1890)	12 Jun 1895
Great Western	18 Nov 1856	W. E. Newell John J. Gardner (1857)	6 Oct 1859
Green Tree Grove	26 Apr 1826	John Frazer	13 Feb 1844
Hamlet	1828		1831
Hart	19 May 1904	John D. Hart Mary E. Settle (1908) Nina C. Hart (1920)	7 Jan 1921 (mail to Stewart)
Higgs	24 Nov 1902	James A. Higgs George W. Hart (1903)	24 Jun 1907 (mail to Dover)
Hope	25 Mar 1851	William C. Jones	22 Sep 1866
Hornbergers	1826		1827
Indian Mound	25 Oct 1848	Jonathan T. Williams William A. West (1853) John Richards (1855) Andrew G. Halliday (1857) William A. West (1865) Leonard S. Tippit (1897) Mary M. Wolfe (1899) Florence M. Byrd (1914) Nancy P. Reynolds (1920) Mrs. Louie Moery Smith (1928)
Indian Mount	1 Feb 1832	William Phillips D. D. Brinson B. Kelly Henry H. Gorin (1834)	22 Jan 1835
Iron Mountain	25 Jul 1856	George T. White	22 Sep 1866
Iron Valley	28 Apr 1873	William H. Watson Robert C. Snead (1874) (discontinued 1875-1879) C. H. Skaggs (1879)	17 Nov 1879
Lagrange Furnace	9 Jul 1839	William Mitchell	1840 – changed to Onward
Legate	12 Aug 1880	W. R. J. Free John I. Tippit (1886) Inez Tippit (1909) Joe E. Ezell (1918)	25 Oct 1918 (mail to Indian Mound)
Lesbia	13 May 1890	Guss H. Jackson Frasier C. Gray (1890) Jeff Davis Murphy (1893) Lawrence Cherry (1893) John H. Bufford (1895)	15 Jun 1915 (mail to Dover)
Line Port	21 Jul 1845	Allen J. Shemwell Thomas S. Elliott (1851) Newell D. Elliott (1852) Thomas B. Brigham (1853) Joel S. McNichols (1858) Richard C. Wilson (1860)	20 Feb 1867
Magnolia	12 Jul 1855	Charles S. Summers	22 Sep 1866
Messenger	19 Jul 1883	Elijah R. Deason	18 Oct 1892 (mail to Tharpe)
Miles	9 May 1899	William A. Burke Walter D. Murphy (1899)	29 Nov 1902 (mail to Bumpus Mills)
Mint	29 Jul 1886	Loudy Summers	23 Nov 1888 (mail to Cumberland City)
Mint Springs	26 Jul 1853	James D. Barnes John H. Chadwick (1858)	20 Jun 1867
Mobley	9 Jan 1904	John W. Mobley Joel B. McHood (1906) Charlie C. West (1907) Earl E. Douglass (1912) Jesse R. Parker (1922) Charles H. Parker (1930)	1943
Model	12 Jul 1887	William M. Boyd W. A. Knight (1887) Hattie A. Knight (1887) Aquila Q. Knight (1888) Harlon Askew (1892) Milton O. Hicks (1898) Robert A. Fakes (1898) Malcolm E. Dilday (1907) Milton O. Hicks (1912) George C. Flora (1914) Essie H. Jones (1918) Lytton G. Acree (1921)	1967
Moltke	13 Jun 1884	Joseph Ferguson Lenton Luck (1887) George W. Stalls (1889) Luke A. Jobe (1890) Reuben E. Martin (1895) S. W. Scarborough (1897) Henry J. Martin (1898) Joseph Gray (1900) Thomas J. Gray (1905) George W. Edwards (1907) Russell T. Barrows (1913) Zantha Edwards (1916)	10 Nov 1916 (mail to Fort Henry)
New Portland	10 Feb 1846	William Richards Seth T. Andrews (1847)	9 Jan 1857
Onward	7 Feb 1840	William Mitchell William Miller (1841) William G. Wynns (1842) Benjamin Wynns (1845) Albert W. Wynns (1849) William Phillips (1853)	6 Sep 1855
Plunket	22 Dec 1902	William M. Lewis	23 Jun 1904 (mail to Dover)
Rosita	13 Jun 1891	Jefferson D. Stalls Milton O. Hicks (1892) Cornelius D. Anderson (1892)	27 Jan 1906 (mail to Model)
Rough and Ready Furnace	11 Nov 1869	Oscar Hartoch	22 Jul 1873
Saint John's	16 May 1870	Horace Johnson John M. Allen (1870) Joseph Courtney (1872)	23 Sep 1872
Snider	28 Aug 1888	Milton O. Hicks Charles E. Acree (1889) David D. Jones (1891) Milton O. Hicks (1894) Amos A. Acree (1894) Samuel J. Spiceland (1899)	25 Jan 1906 (mail to Model)
Standing Rock	1833	Benjamin Andrews B. Tayloe J. Scarborough Henry S. Palmer (1835) Andrew D. Palmer (1835) John W. Koen John Randall (1840) Henry S. Palmer (1840) Eliza Palmer (1849) Andrew D. Palmer (1850) Elijah Dawson (1852)	21 Feb 1867
Stewart	27 Nov 1866	Russell A. Salisbury Edward F. Lashlie (1870) S. R. McIntosh (1871)	1871 (in Houston Co.)
Stribling	14 Jul 1882	Samuel K. Davis Louis J. Baker (1883) David P. Wrenne (1888) John W. Mobley (1893) Benjamin F. Abernathy (1893) John C. Fowler (1896) Charles A. Davis (1914) Frank A. Ewer (1916)	1953
Strombolia Furnace	21 Apr 1852	W. C. Rutland James Gardner (1852) Hezekiah Boswell (1853)	27 Aug 1853
Summers	1826		1826
Tennessee Ridge	5 Jun 1861	James G. Faxon Samuel R. McIntosh (1868) John W. McDonald (1871)	1871 - in Houston Co
Tennessee River Station	15 Jul 1869	Chester Curtis	26 Jan 1871
Tharpe	9 Jul 1883	W. H. Blanton Robert L. Bailey (1888) William H. Biggs (1894) Robert L. Bailey (1897) Tee A. Wilkinson (1898) Claud Wilkinson (1899) James H. Scarborough (1900) Claud Wilkinson (1903) Robert M. Scarborough (1906) Walton D. Sykes (1908) William F. Sykes (1927) William H. Frizzell (1927)	1942
Tip Top	20 Jun 1894	Eddie Marlow Millard F. Bailey (1895) Laura Jackson (1898) Eddie Marlow (1898) Leona Jackson (1900) Guy W. Jackson (1901) Asilee? Fitzhugh (1905) Walter J. Ralls (1907)	15 Oct 1911 (mail to Dover)
Tobacco Port	2 Mar 1836	Allen J. Shemwell Newell D. Elliott (1842) Allen J. Shemwell (1844)	21 Jul 1845 – changed to Line Port
Tobacco Port (changed 1894 to Tobaccoport)	22 Jul 1845	Nathan Brandon Ephraim P. Weaks (1854) (discontinued 1867-1871) John Jones (1871) Ephraim P. Weaks (1874) Thomas L. Kingins (1888) James M. Kingins (1890) Luton G. Acree (1894) Newman Brandon (1894)	1942
Tranby	30 Mar 1843	James Wilson	17 Mar 1845
Trousdale	1828	Nelson Crosswell Alexander Brown (1834)	21 Jul 1836
Vienna	20 Jun 1902	Charles F. Greenhill	12 Nov 1903 (mail to Dover)
Weaver's Store	15 Oct 1878	Thomas J. Weaver Marideth Y. Porter (1906) Estella Cherry (1907) Henry B. Killebrew (1908) Samuel T. Hollandsworth (1912) John E. Sartain (1917) Linnie M. Brame (1921) Mrs. Robbie L. Hargis (1925) Mrs. Bonnie B. Killebrew (1928)	1942
Wilksburg	4 May 1903	Dessie Wilkinson	29 Mar 1907 (mail to Model)
Wofford	20 Jul 1894	Edward A. Scarborough	29 Oct 1894 (mail to Stribling)
Wynn	3 Oct 1881	George W. Wynn Benjamin F. Sizemore (1885) Reuben E. Martin (1900) James H. Martin (1900) Victorine Martin (1901)	31 May 1908 (mail to Dover)
Zero	29 Jul 1899	Albert D. Thomas	17 Feb 1905 (mail to Model)