That a postmaster General be appointed for the United Colonies, who shall hold his office at Philada, and shall be allowed a salary of 1000 dollars per an: for himself, and 340 dollars per an: for a secretary and Comptroller, with power to appoint such, and so many deputies as to him may seem proper and necessary.
That a line of posts be appointed under the direction of the Postmaster general, from Falmouth in New England to Savannah in Georgia, with as many cross posts as he shall think fit.1
This simple statement signaled the birth of the Post Office Department, the predecessor of the United States Postal Service and the second oldest federal department or agency of the United States of America." Source
Knox County Post Offices 1846: Beaver
Ridge, Church Grove, Gap Creek, Knoxville, Loveville, Mecklenberg,
Raccoon Valley, Woodburne
Knox County Post Offices 1851: Academia, Beaver Ridge, Campbell's Station, Church Grove, Flint Gap, Gap Creek, Knoxville, Mecklenburgh, Racoon Valley, Woodbourne
Knox County Post Offices 1851: Academia, Beaver Ridge, Campbell's Station, Church Grove, Flint Gap, Gap Creek, Knoxville, Mecklenburgh, Racoon Valley, Woodbourne
Knox County Post Offices in 1876:
Asbury, Ball Camp, Beaver Ridge, Bull Run, Campbell's Station, Church
Grove, Concord, Cooper, Ebenezer, Gap Creek, Graveston, Hall's Cross
Roads, High Point, Knoxville, Letsinger, McMillan, Powell's Station,
Riverdale, Roseberry, Spring Grove, Thornburgh, Thorn Grove,
Twinville
Today: Burlington, Cedar Bluff Post
Office, Corryton, Downtown, Halls Station, Heiskell, Farragut,
Fountain City, North Knoxville, Norwood, Mascot, Powell, South
Knoxville, Knoxville, Knoxville Main Office, West Knoxville
Where's Skaggstown P.O.? Off Old Rutledge Pike. Some of my ancestors were signed up there for the Civil War. Ron Faulkner
ReplyDeleteI can find Skaggston listed in 1883-1900, but I can't find it during the Civil War. All of the listings that I have found so give a general location. Skaggston is simply listed as Knox County.
ReplyDeleteCould you give me a location of where Woodburne/Woodbourne was? Nothing shows up on the map when I try to google it.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, I have not been able to locate it either.
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