OLD POST OFFICES

Post Offices of Weakley County

Post Office Index

Submitted by Joe Stout

 
ALMA
Postmaster   Effective Date
Alexander Ralston 1/23/1855
Discontinued   1/20/1860

BEAR CREEK 
Postmaster   Effective Date
Hiram F. Bobo   3/26/1875
Discontinued   5/15/1879

BLACK OAK 
Postmaster  Effective Date 
Debaron B. Grubbs  10/17/1855 
Discontinued    9/22/1866

BOWER’S
Postmaster   Effective Date
Wyatt McBride    4/27/1830
William G. Bowers  1/5/1833
Discontinued   5/14/1834

BOYDSVILLE
Postmaster    Effective Date 
Name changed from Marion
Abner Boyd   11/1/1837
Rufus P. Dodds   5/11/1842
William D. Cook   12/30/1845 
Edward R. Cook   2/10/1853 
To Graves County Kentucky

CASHON
Postmaster   Effective Date
William L. Dunn    4/19/1880
James M. Lockridge  3/28/1881
Discontinued moved to Latham 12/29/1884

CEDAR HILL
Postmaster    Effective Date
Pleasant F. Huddleston  5/21/1857 
James T. Stratton   7/17/1858 
Discontinued   10/6/1867

COLLIERS
Postmaster   Effective Date
Sidney D. Collier   4/16/1901
Discontinued   7/31/1903

CULLEN
Postmaster   Effective Date
James Thomas   3/26/1827
Samuel Morgan   8/21/1829
Benjamin M. McFarland  11/24/1831
Changed to Irvine�s Store  2/13/1838

DEDHAM 
Postmaster   Effective Date
Nelson A. Underwood 1/15/1852 
Discontinued   7/25/1866

DRESDEN (C. H.)
Postmaster   Effective Date
John Terrill   7/3/1824
Jeotha Garden   2/15/1827
Ephraim D. Dickson  9/13/1833
R. C. Williams   9/5/1836
David P. Caldwell  6/29/1838
Pulaski B. Bell   10/30/1841
William W. Gleeson  3/15/1844
William W. Knox   12/3/1845
John McNeely   1/19/1849
Aaron W. King   9/5/1849
Isaac Winston   9/25/1850
William Hubbard   12/14/1852
Alexander G. Holden  6/21/1854
Samuel Q, Anderson  2/1/1855
William D. Cardwell  10/30/1856
John R. Moore   1/17/1857
Abner M. Fackler  2/23/1857
Joseph A. Travis   8/3/1859
William F. Hampton   1/10/1861
James A.  Prestwood  7/8/1865
John T. Jackson   10/17/1865
Thomas J. Latham  1/11/1866
John A. Gilcrist    9/14/1866
William Landrum    5/17/1867
William T. Wilson   4/15/1869
James A. Prestwood     11/28/1870
Isaac C. Reavis   11/3/1873
Mary A. Reavis   9/9/1876
John M. Glass   1/24/1887
Mary Drewry   6/18/1889
Edwinna Rogers   5/18/1893
John G. Parker   5/1/1897
Charles R. Eskrid  9/10/1901
John P. Gibbs    1/17/1907
R. E. L. Brasfield  1/18/1913
Charles A. Ogan   6/2/1922
Sam A. Winstead   9/30/1926 
William H. Pritchett  9/1/1935
Carmen C. Bowlin  6/30/1958
Charlie L. Taylor   3/20/1971
Richard Gentry (OIC)  1/5/1984
Daniel D. Williams  4/14/1984

DUKEDOM 
Postmaster   Effective Date
Duke A. Beadles   7/30/1833
William Taylor    3/6/1846 

To Graves County Kentucky

From Graves County Kentucky
Patrick H. Hughes  2/19/1852
Preston Wright   2/10/1853
James I. Gray 9/15/1857
Thomas J. Little 4/16/1866
William P. Taylor  12/4/1868
James A. Welch   6/13/1871
Alexander M. Clemens  5/10/1872
James A. Dobson  11/3/1873
Patrick H. Hughes  11/29/1873
H. H. Hopkins   5/5/1875
James H. Collier   5/5/1875
A. J. Wilkinson   9/25/1877
E. M. Taylor   1/4/1878
William T. Lovelace  3/19/1878
Curt H. Lovelace   8/16/1888
Alfred L. McCall   2/24/2892
Jacob W. Cole   6/30/1893
William S. Cavender  2/29/1896
Charlie H. Ross   12/22/1897
Alfred L. McCall   6/23/1904
John W. Welch   4/16/1914
Peter Cashon   2/1/1924
George T. Cunningham  5/22/1933
Albert A. McGuire  6/30/1952
James F. Darnell   4/30/1953
Richard W. Rose   11/2/1964
Louise B. Westbrook  7/2/1965 
Howard K. Harris  10/17/1967

ELM TREE
Postmaster   Effective Date
Neander Y. Cavitt    8/8/1885
John F. Cavitt   6/11/1855
Neander Y. Cavitt  8/8/1855
James T. R. Legate   10/9/1866
Gilbert W. Hendrix  12/15/1870
Andrew Williams   12/9/1874
Amplome Williams  9/9/1899
Will Williams   3/23/1904
Sidney J. Roberts  3/31/1905
Discontinued   8/31/1905
Moved to Palmersville

FANCY
Postmaster   Effective Date
Thomas J. Fowler  11/13/1902
William R. Fowler  1/17/1905
Discontinued    5/31/1907
Moved to Dresden

FLEMING’S
Postmaster   Effective Date 
William Fleming    12/12/1827
Robert R. Gilbert  10/5/1836 
Discontinued    10/6/1859

GARDNER
Postmaster       Effective Date
Name changed from Gardners Station
William L. Ayers   29 Nov. 1882
David P. Caldwell  15 Jan. 1883
Willis Chambers   19 Nov. 1885
E. M. Carnell (hold)  20 Sep. 1889
William A. Mathews  25 Mar. 1892
Forrest L. Peeples  2 May, 1892
Lizzie Jackson   30 Jul. 1905
Druie P. Smith   4 Dec. 1906
James O. Rast   15 Jul. 1907
Forrest L. Peeples  2 Sep. 1920
Juliette M. Peeples  30 Jan. 1931
John A. Gardner   15 Jan. 1934
Discontinued   31 Jan. 1949
Moved to Martin

GARDNERS STATION
Postmaster  Effective Date
George W. Bowden  4 Jun.1867
James P. Meadows  25 Sep. 1867
R. A. Jones   17 Jan. 1870
William W. Meadows  14 Jun. 1871
William L. Ayers   23 Jan. 1873
Name changed to Gardner  29 Nov. 1882

GARDNERSVILLE
Postmaster   Effective Date 
Richard M. Gardner  8 Jan. 1830
John A. Gardner   8 Sep. 1843
Discontinued    29 Dec. 1845 

GLEASON
Postmaster Effective Date 
Name changed from Gleeson Station
Samuel P. Cox   17 Jun. 1907
George P. Brummitt  11 Sep. 1914
John V. Allmon   8 Jun. 1922
Thomas E. Bell   31 Dec. 1934
George P. Brummitt  2 Jun. 1936
Willie L. Newberry  31 Dec 1951
Thomas E. Bell    31 Dec. 1952
Mrs. Ira K. Billington  31 Aug. 1953
Willie L. Newberry  27 Jul. 1956
Reuben P. Taylor  30 Nov. 1958
Robert L. Terrell   10 Feb. 1961
Bob S. Wray   14 Sep. 1962

GLEESON STATION
Postmaster Effective Date
Andrew J. Swain   6 Apr. 1867
J. P. Alexander    3 Apr. 1868
Hartwell J. Smellage  28 Sep. 1868
G. T. Blackwell   27 Apr. 1871
Elias D. Lasater    31 May 1871
William A. Swain  24 Apr. 1884
Henry D. Parker   10 Oct. 1884
Rebecca McGlothlin  5 May 1885 
John J. Campbell   30 Mar. 1893
Henry L. Crowell  9 Apr. 1897
Henry M. Lawrence  4 May 1897
Wade H. Parks   27 Apr. 1905
Name changed to Gleason
 

GREENFIELD
Postmaster  Effective Date
Henry J. Pittman   12 Jan. 1874
Alvin E. Fisher   2 Jul. 1874
James A. Allen   18 Jan. 1875
James K. Polk   6 Dec. 1875
John W. Ward   26 July 1876
George R. Ward   20 Dec. 1877
B. T. Allen   2 Jun. 1879
Isaac H. Ward    11 Jun. 1879
R. W. Burton   23 Oct. 1882
Newton J. Holt    23 Jun. 1884
J. M. Davidson   3 Aug. 1885
Nannie W. Barton  30 Jan. 1889
William F. McKelvy  5 Apr. 1889
John L. Roark   6 Apr. 1893
Henry C. Neely   21 Apr. 1897
Stephen Farmer   27 Jun. 1902
M. G. Cox   21 Apr. 1910
Philip D. Harris   2 May 1914
Alvin M. Stout   16 Jan. 1923
William E. McAdams  6 Sep. 1935
George A. McAdams  1 Dec/ 1939
William J. Coats   16 Jun. 1959
Forrest Ferguson   28 Feb. 1961
Kenneth E. Stafford  20 Mar. 1971

HARMONY
Postmaster  Effective Date
Edmund P. Latham  1 May 1834
Discontinued   29 Dec. 1845

HYNDSVER
Postmaster   Effective Date
Arthur L. Hynds   17 Nov. 1898
Thomas F. Highfill  15 Mar. 1899
W. W. House   19 Dec. 1900
Andrew C. Davis   26 Jul. 1910
Discontinued   29 Apr. 1911
Moved to Martin

IRVINE’S STORE
Posmaster   Effective Date
Name changed from Cullen
Samuel Irvine    2/13/1838 
Discontinued    9/22/1866

JEWELL 
Postmaster   Effective Date
William A. Fowler      19 May, 1900
Discontinued  31 Aug. 1905
Moved to Palmerville

JONESVILLE
Postmaster   Effective Date
John E. Halford   16 Mar. 1854
Discontinuted   20 May, 1856

KIMERY
Postmaster   Effective Date
William Kimery  24 Feb. 1894
Walter A. Capps  2 Nov. 1900
Discontinued           31 Jul. 1903
Moved to Greenfield

LATHAM
Postmaster    Effective Date
James H.D. Parrish     4 Sep. 1884
Emerson E. Carney      15 Jan. 1887
Richard W. Eskridge     3 Apr. 1888
Discontinued      1 Jul. 1895
Moved to Dresden
John P. Allen    2 Nov. 1895
Charles H. Ross   10 Sep. 1897
John Green Autry  29 Jan. 1898
Albert J. Winsteadd  30 Apr. 1898
Discontinued    30 Apr. 1907
Moved to Dresden

LATHAM’S MILL
Postmaster   Effective Date
Thomas J. Latham    2 Dec. 1855
Edward P. Latham    3 Jul. 1856
Discontinued     17 Mar. 1857

LIMBS
Postmaster    Effective Date
William E. Norman   3 Aug. 1887
Lafayette Harrison  22 Oct. 1890
Hiram E. Trout     20 Feb. 1891
Willie Wilson      13 Dec. 1894
Benjamin R. Simmons   10 Feb. 1896
Hettie L. Crook  14 Dec. 1896
William O. Waggener    5 Jan. 1898
Robert W. Simmons   4 Mar. 1903
Discontinued    31 Jul. 1903
   M. to Sharon

LOCUST GROVE
Postmaster      Effective Date
Samuel A. Warner   11 Apr. 1832
Edward Mosley    1 Apr. 1837
James Hornbeak    2 Jan. 1839
Nathaniel K. Jones   7 Jun. 1843
Enock Brock    11 Jul. 1845
Discontinued      22 Sep. 1866
Benjamin F. Brock    9 Nov. 1866
Discontinued    12 Oct. 1868
Benjamin F. Brock    29 Jan. 1872
James G. Allen   29 Jan. 1872
Samuel Baker   22 Jan. 1874
Discontinued     10 Apr. 1874
 
 
 

 

LOGAN
Postmaster   Effective Date
Ella Cantrell   26 May, 1900
Henry C. Pittman    8 Oct. 1904
Discontinued    15 July. 1905
Moved to Greenfield

MARION
Postmaster   Effective Date
Name changed to Boyds Store, Kentucky
Benjamin Blythe15 Feb. 1834
Name changed to Boydsville  1 Nov. 1837

MARTIN
Postmaster   Effective Date
Alexander M. Clemons     15 Dec. 1873
George C. Thomas  13 Nov. 1885
Neill B. Lovelace  25 July 1889
W. B. Gibbs   10 Oct. 1893
George W. Farmer  9 Jun. 1891
John S. Hornsby   30 Oct. 1901
W. H. Wilson   28 Apr. 1908
Vincent A. Biggs 16 Nov. 1912
C. B. Bowden   18 Jun. 1913
Matthew D. Duke  22 Jun. 1922
Malcolm D. Biggs   3 Jul. 1926
Paul H. Scates   18 Jun. 1934
James H. Smith   1 Oct. 1939
Fred D. Vowell   1 Apr. 1949
James H. Smith    31 Jan. 1950
Thomas C. Tucker   31 Oct. 1950
J. Howard Smith    2 Nov. 1962
Ralph N. Rogers  31 Jan. 1964
Donald D. Harton (OIC)   24 Feb. 1978
Norman E. Barnes (OIC)   19 Oct. 1978
Thomas L. Erwin   13 Jan. 1979

MEDA
Postmaster     Effective Date
Williamson F. Ellis     13 Nov. 1896
James H. Ellis  1 Mar. 1900
Discontinued  31 Aug. 1905
M. to Martin

MERIDIAN
Postmaster     Effective Date
James B. Brasfind  16 Mar. 1895
Edwin E. Spears   28 Sep. 1896
William J. Jeter  29 Jan. 1901
Discontinued    31 Jul. 1903
  M. to Greenfield

MORENA 
Postmaster    Effective Date
Benjamin R. Simmons   9 Aug. 1887
John A. Brooks    17 Feb. 1890
Benjamin R. Simmons  5 Jun. 1894
Discontinued  12 July 1894
  M. to Limbs

MOUNT PELIA
Postmaster   Effective Date
Robert H. Waddy  14 Jul. 1851
Bradford Edwards  21 Jun. 1853
James Myer   13 Apr. 1854
Ephraim P. Knox   2 Nov. 1854
William Maxwell   7 Mar. 1860
Discontinued    8 Jul. 1867
Francis M. Tansil   18 Jun. 1877
George E. Bowden  11 Jul. 1879
Emerson C. Jackson   1 Sep. 1879
Alfred C. Miller    3 Mar. 1880
Albert J. Hall    6 Jun. 1881
Oscar T. Bullion   20 Jun. 1882
John S. Harrison   31 Dec. 1883
George W. Caudle  28 Oct. 1882
Sallie E. Stalls   20 Jul. 1885
Addie F. Young   25 Feb. 1891
Laura M. Carter   27 Mar. 1893
Name changed to Mountpelia   24 Feb. 1896

MOUNTPELIA
Postmaster   Effective Date
Name changed from Mount Pelia
James Avery   24 Feb. 1894
James E. White   2 Mar. 1900
Stephen S. Pierce  29 Oct. 1901
Moses N. Covington  28 Oct. 1902
Discontinued   15 Jul. 1905
  M. to Martin

MOUNT WARREN
Postmaster   Effective Date
William Jones   24 Oct. 1849
Abner P. Cantrell   19 Dec. 1849
Discontinued   13 Dec. 1851

OAKWOOD
Postmaster   Effective Date
Joshua Hamilton   24 Feb. 1852
Alpheus King   1 Mar. 1854
Thomas H. Ray  23 Feb. 1855
Discontinued     7 Dec. 1855

OLD HICKORY
Postmaster   Effective Date
Abner Boyd   2 Nov. 1846
D. P. Caldwell   15 Feb. 1849
Discontinued   20 Jun. 1867

ORE SPRINGS
Postmaster   Effective Date
Eustace P. Baughman   9 Dec. 1892
E. A. Tatum    8 Sep. 1900
Ira J. Tatum   12 Nov. 1900
Discontinued   15 Jul. 1907
      M. to Gleeson Station

PALMER’S STORE
Postmaster   Effective Date
John W. Palmer   24 July 1850
James A. Palmer   15 Oct. 1851
Discontinued    3 Jan. 1855

PALMERSVILLE
Postmaster   Effective Date
Joseph W. Wescoat   8 Jul. 1874
Ella Dilts    5 Dec. 1877
Joseph W. Wescoat  23 Dec. 1878
John W. Bradley   28 Jan. 1879
William J. Burnett  16 Sept. 1882
Thomas M. Biggs  9 Feb. 1883
John W. Bradley   19 Jul. 1886
Mary F. Drake    4 Aug. 1888
John C. Hart   16 Dec. 1905
Chester H. Rawls  23 Mar. 1910
John M. Buckley   20 Jan. 1914
Charles H. Biggs   7 Nov. 1928
Hasel H. Davidson  31 Aug. 1955
Louis V. McAlpin   1 Aug. 1956
Karen L. Melton (OIC)   3 Apr. 1981
Hugh E. Brann   17 Oct. 1981

PALMERVILLE
Postmaster   Effective Date
John D. Palmer   20 Sep. 1847
Discontinued   16 Aug. 1849

PASCHELL’S
Postmaster   Effective Date
Jesse M. Paschell   5 Jan. 1833
Discontinued   14 Nov. 1835

PECK
Postmaster   Effective Date
Joseph F. Peck   11 May, 1891
William M. Smithson  29 Nov. 1892
Frances C.J. Cochran  27 Jan. 1893
Amanda Cochran   9 Jul. 1900
Francis C.J. Frfank  29 Apr. 1901
Discontinued   15 Jul. 1905
    M. to Greenfield

PHILLIPSVILLE
Postmaster   Effective Date
Thomas H. Phillips  16 Sep. 1850
Name changed to Oakwood   24 Feb. 1852

PIERCE’S STATION
Postmaster   Effective Date
Thomas M. Pierce  30 Apr. 1854

PILLOWVILLE
Postmaster   Effective Date
Robert Ury   1 Jul., 1846
W. L. McCutchen  4 Oct. 1850
Elijah W. Johnson  16 Feb. 1851
Isaac E. Scates   22 May, 1852
Robert G. Ezell   10 Feb. 1853
Isaac E. Scates   27 Dec. 1854
Andrew J. Swain   14 Mar. 1860
Discontinued   22 Sep. 1866
William P. Hill   4 Apr. 1888
H. J. Scates   20 Jun. 1894
John  P.M. Deck   17 Aug. 1894
Allen M. Dunlap   22 Apr. 1895
Discontinued   29 Feb. 1904
   M. to McKenzie

ROLAND SPRINGS
Postmaster   Effective Date
Alenxander H. Scates  19 Dec. 1855
James M. Drewry  9 Mar. 1858
Discontinued   30 Oct. 1860
James M. Drewry  12 Feb. 1861
Discontinued   12 Oct. 1868

POPLAR GROVE
Postmaster   Effective Date
Alexander Matson  19 Feb. 1833
Discontinued   9 Mar. 1833

RALSTON
Postmaster   Effective Date
Name changed from Ralston’s Station
J. Green Hawks   1 Feb. 1949
Inez L. Hawks   1 May 1949
Discontinued   31 Jul. 1960
   M. to Martin

RALSTON’S STATION
Postmaster   Effective Date
Alexander R. House  22 Apr. 1861
Discontinued   22 Sep. 1866
Alexander R. House  15 Feb. 1867
Harvey Carmichael  26 Mar. 1867
A.E. Scott   24 Feb. 1871
Henry C. Draughan  17 Mar. 1873
R. H. Beard   20 Feb. 1874
William A. Roberts  10 Dec. 1874
Benjamin E. Dodd  16 Mar. 1881
Calvin W. Hawks  2 Oct. 1889
Benjamin E. Dodd   3 Mar. 1890
Zachariah D. Childress   27 Dec. 1893
Charles C., Templeto  21 Mar. 1903
Ernest L. Hardeman   23 Nov. 1904
Elisha L. Freeman   9 Mara. 1905
Sidney R. Ellis   27 Dec. 1912
J. Green Hawks   1 Jan. 1935
Name changed to Ralston   1 Feb. 1949

RINDA
Postmaster   Effective Date
Charles White   16 Nov. 1897
Edward H. Spann  23 Feb. 1899
Discontinued   31 Jul. 1903
  M. to Greenfield

RUTHVILLE
Postmaster   Effective Date
Thomas E. Morris  20 Feb. 1895
Theophilus N. Rawls   6 Jun. 1895
Discontinued   31 Jul. 1903
    M. to Martin

SHAFTER
Postmaster   Effective Date
George A. Hornbeak  21 Jul. 1898
Discontinued   31 Jul. 1903
   M. to Greenfield

SHARON
Postmaster   Effective Date
Charles W. Moore  26 Jan. 1874
Benjamin P. Moore   3 Feb. 1880
Charles W. Moore   3 Jan. 1882
Thomas A. McElrath  23 Jan. 1883
S.A. Smith    5 Sep. 1884
John w. Overton   6 Oct. 1884
Howson C. Bailey  14 May, 1886
George M. Terry   2 Oct. 1886
Benjamin T. Bondurant   1 May 1897
John A. Wilson   16 Jun. 1909
R.D. Hunt   18 Jun. 1913
John A. Wilson   24 Mar. 1922
Laura Wilson    5 Aug. 1926
Robert W. Simmons, Sr.   3 May 1927
James A. Horn   11 Jun. 1932
Robert W. Simmons, Sr.   1 Jul 1936
Robert W. Simmons, Jr.   1 Jun 1943
James Hamblen (OIC)  12 Feb. 1975
James M. Hamblen  26 Apr. 1975

SHIELDSBORG
Postmaster   Effective Date
Rowlan H. Galey   21 Feb. 1848
Discontinued   20 Sep. 1848

SIDONIA
Postmaster   Effective Date
William Wilson   14 Sep. 1900
Alonzo W. Harkey   5 Nov. 1902
Discontinued   31 Jul. 1903
Henry Atkins Hawkins   3 Nov. 1934
Julia S.  Tole   31 Dec. 1954
Discontinued   30 Jun. 1955
  M. to Sharon

TERRELL
Postmaster   Effective Date
James W. Terrell   16 Aug. 1889
Samuel E. Westcoat   2 Oct. 1893
Cora L. Westcoat  5 Jan. 1900
David A. Brewer   26 Mar. 1902
John S. Hazelwood  21 Mar. 1911
David A. Brewer   14 Apr. 1913
James W. Barnes   2 Dec. 1919
Gladys M. Shumate  17 Apr. 1922
Clara Callison   22 Oct. 1924
Annie E. Parrish   10 May 1935
Ada W. Gassaway  15 Oct. 1935
Mary D. Covington  31 Oct. 1950
Discontinued   31 Oct. 1953
  M. to Martin

TUMBLING
Postmaster   Effective Date
Thomas J. Bell   13 Jan. 1898
Discontinued   15 Mar. 1905
   M. to McKenzie

UBA
Postmaster   Effective Date
Arter L. Adams   14 Jun. 1894
John L. James   14 Feb. 1896
George Vowell    8 Jan. 1897
John L. James   26 May 1897
Discontinued   31 Jul. 1903
   M. to Martin

UNITY
Postmaster   Effective Date
Albert M. McGuire  26 Nov. 1889
Aaron W. Duke   22 Nov. 1893
David A. Frields   26 Mar. 1902
Discontinued   21 May, 1905
   M. to Dukedom

WILLINGHAM
Postmaster   Eff. Date
Isaac Willingham   22 May 1828
Joseph Wilson   27 Jan. 1829
Discontinued   20 Feb. 1830

WINSTON
Postmaster   Effective Date
David Winston   19 May 1836
Alpheus King   21 Sep. 1848
Phillip W. White   10 Sep. 1850
Samuel W. Overton  11 May, 1853
William V. Simms   9 Oct. 1860
Discontinued   20 Feb. 1867
John Jeeter   27 Feb. 1872
B.F. Parks    9 Jul. 1872
Discontinued   17 Sep. 1872

 


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