Pattillo info below submitted by: Nina Lillian Pattillo
"Thomas Moody Kimbell was the first postmaster in this area. He was succeeded 6 Feb. 1852 by Lewis A. Pattillo, my grgrgrandfather who located the post office in his home, 'Hickory Hill.'" Information taken from: Patillo, Pattillo, Pattullo and Pittillo Families, compiled by Melba C. Crosse - Published by American Reference Publishing, Ft. Worth, Texas, copyrighted 1972, pg. 67 |
Information found in The Citizens Journal, Atlanta, Texas sixtieth anniversary edition 1879-1939 |
TOWN |
LOCATION |
DATE EST. |
POSTMASTER |
Almira
|
9 miles northwest of Linden
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6/26/1886
|
Elijah J. Hanes
|
Havana
|
9 miles northwest of Atlanta
|
1/30/1854
|
Daniel Cole
|
Cusseta
|
6 miles west of Douglassville
|
6/18/1856
|
Jno. A. Heard
|
Courtland
|
6 miles west of present Queen City
|
8/19/1856
|
Charles W. Connally
|
Haw Grove
|
- |
6/25/1860
|
Thomas M. Harbon
|
Hermitage
|
7 miles north of Hughes Springs
|
11/12/1860
|
John B. Henderson
|
Lanier
|
6 miles south of Linden
|
11/3/1873
|
Alexander W. Collins
|
Dempsey
|
2 miles south of Bloomburg
|
6/22/1874
|
Andrew J. Newton
|
Alamo Mills
|
On T. and P. railway, 10 miles north of
Atlanta
|
10/27/1874
|
Francis M. Duncan
|
Dalton
|
5 miles northwest of Marietta
|
2/22/1875
|
Robert F. Creekmore
|
White Sulphur Springs
|
10 miles northwest of Douglassville
|
6/16/1875
|
John A. Bryan
|
Sardis
|
6 miles east of Hughes Springs
|
12/15/1876
|
Hamilton C. Purdum
|
Red Hill
|
6 miles south of Douglassville
|
3/29/1878
|
Jno. B. Henderson
|
Viola
|
15 miles southwest of Atlanta
|
4/22/1879
|
James M. Smith
|
O'Ferrall
|
8 miles west of Atlanta
|
7/10/1886
|
James A. Duncan
|
Kings Farm
|
3 miles east of Bryans Mill
|
8/6/1887
|
Henry B. King
|
Anti
|
8 miles west of Atlanta
|
6/7/1888
|
Answell S. Griffin
|
Dempsey
|
2 miles south of Bloomburg on what is known
as the Doss Newton farm
|
7/7/1888
|
Andrew J. McWilliams
|
Sheffield
|
3 1/2 miles north of Bloomburg
|
3/30/1894
|
James M. Short
|
Fant
|
3 1/2 miles south of Linden
|
7/23/1894
|
James C. Fant
|
Roach
|
7 miles west of Atlanta
|
2/16/1898
|
James A. O'Rear
|
Flynn
|
9 miles north of Hughes Springs
|
3/9/1900
|
James N. Haney
|
Cornett
|
10 miles northeast of Hughes Springs
|
9/21/1901
|
Osey C. Porter
|
Fite
|
- |
12/28/1901
|
John W. Fite
|
Jaybart
|
10 miles northwest of Linden
|
4/30/1902
|
Francis L. Milner
|
Sauls
|
near Kildare
|
6/27/1902
|
Annie E. Nelson
|
Munz
|
- |
7/10/1905
|
Edgar W. King
|
Axine
|
6 miles southeast of Kildare
|
7/3/1915
|
William B. Hutchins
|
Hughes
|
- |
3/8/1847
|
William Hughes
|
Forrest Home (later Springdale)
|
- |
1/15/1850
|
John W. Moore
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