[Granville-Hough] 17 May 2009 - Post Offices of Smith County

Tue Aug 24 06:20:06 PDT 2010

    It was my maternal uncle, Thomas F. Richardson, who did the old post
offices of Smith County.  I do not know
where he got the list.  He was a WWI Marine who encountered some mustard
gas and
got a veteran's scholarship to Yale, then was a principal in New Haven,
and was eventually President of the CT Teacher's Association.  When he
retired to MS, he and his wife did the first cemetery census and
inventory of Smith County, and his work is incorporated in the present
publications.  I believe it was 1960 when he was the Census chief for
Southern Mississippi.  He had a tung oil operation at Poplarville, but
his trees were wiped out by Hurricane Camille, and he sold out his
holdings to my younger brother Roland Hough and moved to SC.  In spite
of the mustard gas, he lived a careful life and got to age 97, I
believe, and died while living with a grandson in New England.

     While growing up, I heard of most of these defunct post offices. 
Hardly anything better illustrates the futility of farming on land where 
the topsoil quickly erodes when it is exposed.  In Smith County 
communities seldom lasted two generations.  At
one time or another these postoffices were the centers of communities. 
I suppose a history could be written for each.  Note that Uncle Tom 
Richardson originally prepared the list while he lived in SC. He did not 
include all postmasters, but he seems to have selected those of interest 
to him. 

Smith Co., MS Post Offices 1837-2000

Thomas F. Richardson acquired this list of nearly 60 post offices,
three existing today and the others  (except for one branch office no
longer in operation. The list includes postmasters and the  years
covering their service.  I can see that some of the Mize, Raleigh, and
Taylorsville postmasters of
the 1930s and 1940s have been omitted.

1. MIZE -  1889 to date: Washington F. Bryant, William J. Taylor,
Matilda E. Hopkins, Wallace F. Bowling,  Clayborn  J.  Tullos, Joseph
Huff, Earl Royals, James Sullivan, John L. Jones, R.T. Prince.
2. RALEIGH 1837 to date: Abraham Carr, Lauchlin McLaurin, Charles C.
Horton, James Lowery, Albert C. Trammell, Robert Raker, James Holliday,
Rupel Thomas, John W. McMaster, John G. Blackwell, B. Ormand, Eli G.
Carson, W. ?, George Gray, Thomas Williamson, Edward P. Overby, William
C. Floyd, Luther Pittman, James  B. Childre, Oren W. Pittman, Mrs. Floy
G.  Robinson, ? D? Duckworth,  T. Ward, George W.  Curtis, Carroll
Butler.
3. TAYLORSVILLE 1849 to date: George Anderson,  James McDonald, William
J. Eaton, Mellie  Eaton,James W.  Anderson, Sarah Avery, Edgar Shanks,
Joseph R. Weathersby,Dan R. Monroe, Olivia Eaton, James Eaton.
4. ABEL 1895-1904: Samuel Sullivan, Paul Berry, Julius Sullivan, Nancy
McNair,  Milton McNair.
5. AMMON 1892: John Ammon.
6. ANDOVER 1895-1924: George Hughes, Emma Gunn,  ??? Cleveland, Mittie
Thornton.
7. ANDREW 1895-1907: Albert Bryant,  William R. Rankin, Green Mangum.
8. BEZER  1880-1908:  James Ford, William Ford, J.T. McLaurin, Frank
Russell, Dallas Watkins, Eli Belinh, Josiah Austin, Dock Royals, Linnie
Royals.
9. BLAKENEY 1905-19??: Travis Blakeney, Benjamin Blakeney, Joseph Garner.
10 . BOYKIN 1894-1914: John  Guthrie, Sarah Crumpton, George Boyd,
Rebecca Yager, Robert Rogers, William Yeager, Joseph  Rogers, Robert
Rogers, ??? Yeager.
11. BRIT 1888-1906: Thomas  Sullivan , Eddie Sullivan, William Swor,
William Keyes,  John Lucas.
12. BUNKER HILL 1852-1905: John Swor,  Mark  Cole, John   C. Freeman, D.
  Anderson, William T. Biard, James Kennedy, John Moody, Hulon H.
Patrick, Thomas Buntyn, Aaron  S. Miller, Robert W. Hartman, Erasmus
Carter, Frances Howell, John  W.  Sullivan, Ezekiel Q. Sullivan, Laura
G. Sullivan, Laura Sullivan, Alice D. Sullivan, Laura Norris.
13. BURNS 1892-1931:  Manley Burns, J.W. Burns, Lela Roberts, John
Burns, Kittie Burns, Isabel Burns, William Robinson, Thomas Winstead,
Mabel Burns, William Hughes, Sidney Burns.
14. CRAFT 1904-1909: Addison Craft. Walter Thornton, Donie Devlin, Gay
Craft.
15. CURRIE 1890-1901: Asa Johnson, George Johnson, Edward  Currie.
16. DANIEL  1881-1902: Virgil Russell, Isham Welch, Freddie Russell,
Allen L. Daniel.
17. DOBSONVILLE 1876-1881: William Jones.
18. FAIRMOUNT 1852-1870: Andrew Leggett, Oliver Ellis.
19. FAROE  1892-1907: Cooper Bryant, Sam Bryant, Louis Tillson, Charlie
Bryant, James Robinson, Francis Palmer, James Gunter, Mary Robinson.
20. FISHKILL 1888: William Anderson.
21. FLOWERS PLACE 1856-1891: Waddy Thompson, Ransom Thompson, William
Sumrall, Napoleon Shelby,Jessie Van  Slyke, James Ford, George Thompson,
Jas. Sharborough, John Rhodes.
22, FORD 1893-1908: Henry Hosey, William Hosey
23. GUNN 1892-1931: Joseph J. Wooley, Robert B. Boykin, Daniel Derrick,
Andrew Dukes, Laura Dukes, Sam Dukes, James M. Gunn, Louisa Dukes.
24. HEATER 1900 - 1907: Samuel Harrison, William McNair, John Boone.
25. HISSOP 1893-1908: Sarah Stringer, John Anderson, Adolph Wahlstedt,
John Robinson.
26. HORDVILLE 1890-1892: Rose Alford, George Robinson.
27. IDEA 1894 - 1902: Fay H. Walker, Joseph C. Walker, Nancy Craft,
Adolph Wahlstadt.
28. KLEIN 1904-1925: John Lancaster, Leonard Anderson, Pleasant
Anderson, Charles Hegwood, Benjamin Anderson, Fannie Brown, William F.
Arinder, Massie Windham,Ruby Bailey.
29. LEAF RIVER 1837-1839: James L. McCaughan.
30. LEMON 1895-	1913: Pleasant Hegwood, Charles Jennyings, Wesley
Hegwood, Leonard Anderson, George Ashley.
31. LINGLE 1901-1929: George Lingle, Albertus Lingle, Forest Epting,
John Epting, William Scarborough, Zemina Broadfoot.
32. LOIS 1900-1903: Robert Hankins, Ula  Watkins, John King, Equilla
Hankins.
33. LORENA 1894-1930: John Moulder, Frank Lane, Charlie Derrick, Lona
Derrick, Edward Richardson, Joseph E. Thornton,  Edward Lane, Walter
Bufkin, James Dollar, Richard Nasser.
34. LOW 1892-1909: Newton J. Ware, Duncan Cockrell, Thomas Amason,
Jessie Amason.
35. MAY 1902-1911: Joseph Terry, John McNair, Levine Traxler, Aaron Dewalse.
36. MILTON 1907-1909: Milton McNair.
37. MUSIC 1898-1906: Joseph Sullivan.
38. OKRA 1895: Duncan Little.
39. OUDA 1895-1905: Leonard Reddock, Easley Windham, Elsie Windham,
Peter Clark.
40. PAUL 1895-1897: Cicero Hopkins.
41.  PINEVILLE 1852-1930: Simon F.M. Elliott, Ivy Kather, Lacy B.
Watkins, Samuel Turner, Samuel Ratcliff, Miss Cynthia Howard,  Aren E.
Husbands, Samuel F. Johnson, W. Thompson, W.H. Wilkinson, John C. Lewis,
Willim H. Alexander, John J.Webb, George W. Roberts, Robert O. Wilkins,
Leslye E. Jones, Zuna E.Jones, Lem J. Lewis,   Walter Roberts, James T.
Gordo, Ellie M. Craft.
42. POLKVILLE 1840-1920, Continued as a sub-station to date: B.F.
Reynolds,Albert Sanford, F. Reynolds, Jonathan D. Finch, George B.
Everett, Atkin Baugh, Rufus D. Kelley, Alfred Summer, William C. Smith,
Elisha Edwards, Richard Vinson, Algie Edwards, George Barrows,  Daniel
Lutrick, Rufus Kelley, Lewis Purvis.
43. SYLVARENA 1882 - 1931: G.W. Rainer, Sue Huff, Eleazor R. Tillson,
John R. M. Adams, John Guthrie, Nannie Johnston, Frances Ward, Vida
Huff, Norvella Keyes,Lauren Tillson, Murdock  Shaw, James Ford.
44. RELAY 1900-1926: George Burnett, Charles Ratchey, Lula V. Royals,
Ms. F. M. McCrory,James Carr.
45. ROYALS  1884-1901: James  Royals, John Bolling, Thomas B. Corley.
46. SANDPOINT 1890-1927: James Thompson, Andrew Thornton, Joseph
Mayfield, John Thornton, Jefferson Welborn, Charles Meyer.
47. SIMPSON 1883- 1884: James  W. Parker.
48. SHONGELO 1873-1920: Linne Royals, John Burns, Leila Burns, William
O. Burns, George Burns, John Austin, William Long, James T.  Ford.
49. SUMMERLAND 1894-1914: John Johnson, William Waldwell, Allen Moore,
Game D.  Moseley, Nannie Bryant.
50. TED  1906-1907: Henry Holder, Charley McLaurin, Theresa
Gaschenberger, Levi Bassett.
51. TIBIA 1906: Jame McDaniel.
52. TRADE 1906-1909: Whitmel Craft, Albert S. Arender, Lula Parker.
53. TRAXLER 1900 - 1937: J.R. Traxler, James Burnham, George  Currie,
Peter Knight, Orange Cockerell, Ivy Knight, Sarah Jordan.
54. TRENTON  1856-1922: Robert Waggerman, H. Heslep, A. Sommers, D.C.
Little,  Robert Royals, John J. Roberts, Alonzo W. Little, Marvin
Kelley, Henry Lee, T.C. Sackse, William Ragland.
55. WACO  1895 - 1904: Joseph Weathersby.
56. WALTERS 1901 - 1909: James Walters, James Permenter, Fannie Edwards,
Emma Edwards, Luther Edwards.
57. WICKER 1906 - 1914: William Black, Walter  Black.
58. ZULA  1901 - 1926: William McKenzie, Maude McKenzie, Homer Lott.