Holmes County Post Offices 1820-1865
Contributed by
Dan Edwards
See Copyright
Information below
Compiled from Department of the
Post Office, Record of Appointments of Postmasters in Mississippi;
and Oakley, A Postal History of Mississippi, 1:33.
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Post Office
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In Operation
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1st Postmaster
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Notes
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| Rankin |
1828 - 1835 |
W.W. Cherry |
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| Georgeville |
1828 - 1838 |
J.A. George |
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| Temperance Ridge |
1831 - 1835 |
Wm. R. Harmer |
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| Salem |
1833 - 1834 |
Wm. E. Parker |
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| Lexington |
1833 - 1865 |
Wm. L. Trimble |
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| Biaka |
1834 - 1835 |
Archibald Hall |
Relocated to Carroll Co. |
| Ishpombee |
1834 - 1835 |
Samuel McCall |
Relocated to Carroll Co. |
| Tchula |
1834 - 1865 |
Wm. Hewes |
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| Kendallville |
1835 - 1837 |
Wm. R. Harmer |
At old Rankin town site |
| Franklin |
1835 - 1860 |
John Hollingsworth |
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| Smithfield |
1837 - 1838 |
Brittian Smith |
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| Lockhart Store |
1837 - 1860 |
Thomas Lockhart |
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| Montgomery |
1837 - 1838 |
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Located in Yazoo Co. |
| Wheeling |
1838 - 1860 |
Robert Kirkwood |
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| Montgomery |
1840 - 1842 |
Joseph Pickens |
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| Richland |
1842 - 1865 |
Wm. S. Mitchell |
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| Montgomery |
1842 - 1846 |
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Located in Madison Co. |
| Ebenezer |
1846 - 1865 |
Thomas Rule |
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| Ashville |
1846 - 1851 |
Ira C. Ash |
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| Emory |
1847 - 1865 |
James A. Lundy |
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| Eulogy |
1849 - 1858 |
Charles C. Ellis |
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| Acona |
1852 - 1865 |
Wm. A. Wilson |
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| Chicopee |
1852 - 1854 |
Franklin Clower |
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Dulci
Eulogy |
1852 - 1858
1858 - 1865 |
Bailey C. Levin |
Moved to Eulogy 24 Jan 1858 |
| Bowlingreen |
1852 - 1865 |
Solomon Sonthemier |
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| Shiloh |
1853 - 1858 |
Samuel Canterbury |
Relocated to Montgomery |
| Pickens Station |
1858 - 1865 |
Samuel Canterbury |
Formerly at Shiloh |
| Goodman |
1858 - 1865 |
Ruben Taylor |
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| West Landing |
1858 - 1859 |
John M. West |
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| Durant |
1858 - 1865 |
John A. Carson |
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| West Station |
1860 - 1865 |
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Relocated from Wheeling |
| Relief |
1860 - 1865 |
Curtis A. Galtman |
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| Lacey |
1860 - 1865 |
John D. Robinett |
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