Bastrop County, Texas


	Bastrop County, TX established 1836

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		Postmasters of Bastrop County, Texas 1846 - 1930 From the National Archives microfilm Alum Creek Alford, Thos. 7/14/1851 Alum Creek Foster, John L. 7/30/1852 Alum Creek Harrison, Andrew J. 3/27/1858 Alum Creek Foster, John L. 9/4/1858 Alum Creek Foster, John L. 3/13/1862 (CSA) Alum Creek Kennedy, J. W. 4/15/1863 (CSA) Alum Creek Turner, Miss Sophronia E. 5/7/1866 Alum Creek Cope, David F. 3/30/1868 Alum Creek Cope, Sam'l. P. 8/4/1869 Alum Creek Turner, Henry H. 10/28/1872 Alum Creek Rhodes, Levin E. 11/23/1874 Alum Creek Yerger, John C. 5/10/1881 Alum Creek Rutherford, Jr. Robt. A. 1/13/1888 Alum Creek Rector, Thompson M. 3/21/1889 Alum Creek Rutherford, Robt. A. 4/17/1893 Alum Creek Saunders, Louis T. 12/13/1895 Alum Creek Rolsten, Thos. H. 10/16/1897 Alum Creek Tendergrass, R. A. 11/30/1897 Alum Creek Discontinued, papers to Bastrop 2/25/1898 Bart Buttrill, Jas. H. 6/6/1884 Bart Reilly, Henry J. 8/10/1885 Bart Discontinued, papers to Smithville 5/16/1887 Bastrop Nicholson, Jas. 5/22/1846 Bastrop Discontinued, 7/26/1852 Bastrop (Re-established), Johnson Chauncey 8/12/1852 Bastrop Johnson, John L?/S? 8/24/1854 Bastrop Denny, W. G. 7/17/1861 (CSA) Bastrop Wertzner, Chas. 8/18/1865 Bastrop Haynie?/Haynes?, Chas. R. 6/29/1886 Bastrop Hannay, Geo. F. 9/27/1890 Bastrop Bell, Durant H. 2/13/1895 Bastrop Ziegenhals, Chas. P. 3/31/00 Bastrop Brooks, Sallie E. 1/23/06 Bastrop Cain, Thos. W. 3/10/14 Bastrop Ziegenhals, Chas. A. 1/15/23 Bastrop Ziegenhals, Charles A 2/4/31 Bateman Friar, Jr. Wm. S. 5/18/00 Bateman Carleton, W. H. 10/21/02 (Declined) Bateman Wise, John H. 12/22/02 Bateman Discontinued, mail to Red Rock 12/31/04 Belladonna Cagle, Geo. H. 1/6/1876 Belladonna House, Wm. C. 1/29/1876 Belladonna Discontinued, 7/27/1876 Boyle Boyle, C. G. 12/7/00 Boyle (Order, rescinded 3/11/01 Bravo Garza, Juan P. 5/13/01 Bravo Discontinued, never in operation 7/20/01 Caldwell Store Caldwell, Chas. G. 6/5/1878 Caldwell Store Tucker, Geo. W. 11/11/1879 Caldwell Store Caldwell, Wm. F. 11/17/1880 Caldwell Store Houston, Wm. H. 11/12/1883 Caldwell Store Wesner, Wm. 2/3/1886 Caldwell Store Wessel, Wm 3/18/1886 Caldwell Store Houston, Wm. H. 8/23/1887 Caldwell Store Priest, Jas. T. 11/3/1887 Caldwell Store Houston, Wm. H. 4/9/1890 Caldwell Store Cg'd, to KENTON 7/18/1898 Calvin Trammell, Newell L. 1/8/12 Calvin Brite, Sam S. 2/21/18 Calvin Waugh, Robt. M. 2/18/21 Cedar Creek Billingsley, Elisha 1/21/1852 Cedar Creek McGehee, Francis M. 12/21/1852 Cedar Creek Oatman, Wm. A. 7/29/1854 Cedar Creek Shaw, Geo. P. 2/18/1857 Cedar Creek White, Hamilton 9/12/1859 [resigned] Cedar Creek Steiner, Chas. F. 8/5/1861 (CSA) Cedar Creek Discontinued, 11/5/1866 Cedar Creek (Re-established), Schoeff Chas. 2/25/1869 Cedar Creek Discontinued, 5/6/1875 Cedar Creek (Re-established), Tyler Moses B. 2/24/1876 Cedar Creek Givens, Newton W. 9/3/1877 Cedar Creek Giviens, Chas. E. 11/9/1880 Cedar Creek Matthews, Paul 1/13/1892 Cedar Creek Matthews, Wm. S. 1/20/05 Cedar Creek Voss, John W. 6/22/07 Cedar Creek McLeod, Dan'l. R. 5/19/10 Como McDonald, Sam'l. H. 7/20/1889 Como Callaway, Thos. T. 1/13/1892 Como Cg'd, to UPTON 6/30/1894 Coxville Cox, John A. J. 3/24/1888 Coxville Sharp, John E. 10/23/1893 Coxville Discontinued, mail to Dale 9/29/06 Cunningham Cunningham, John C. 5/22/1846 Cunningham Redfield, John A. 3/7/1851 Cunningham Young, Wm. 11/7/1851 Cunningham To, Fayette County aft 1852 Cunningham [Apparently, back to Bastrop county aft 1853 Cunningham Cunningham, J. C. 11/1/1861 (CSA) [resigned] Cunningham Brown, Wm. A. 12/28/1861 (CSA) Cunningham Redfield, Miss Frances P. 1/9/1866 Cunningham McKinney, Wm. 9/9/1868 Cunningham Discontinued, 1/18/1870 Eagle Branch Ward, Jas. F. 3/13/1884 Eagle Branch Sharp, Henry J. 9/19/1889 Eagle Branch Discontinued, papers to McDonald's Store 12/14/1889 Eagle Branch [Apparently, re-established] aft 1890 Eagle Branch Andrews, Katie 5/28/1891 Eagle Branch Nash, Wm. E. 7/15/1893 Eagle Branch Cg'd, to ROSANKY 10/2/1893 Elgin Smithwick, Ed. 5/13/1873 Elgin Standifer, R. V. 7/31/1873 Elgin Biggs, S. W. 7/2/1877 Elgin Scott, Demetrus 11/20/1877 Elgin Woods, Paul P. ?/25/1878 Elgin Miles, Julia K. 12/12/1883 Elgin Sheasby, Florence 3/31/1898 Elgin Burke, Florence name ch'd by marriage 3/21/06 Elgin Burke, John L. 5/15/08 Elgin Jackson, J. W. 12/20/16 Elgin Burke, Florence B. 1/25/22 Elgin King, Jos. H. 8/1/25 (Acting postmaster) Elgin Miller, Jesse C. 4/13/26 Elysium Hill, Charley W. 1/23/1896 Elysium Discontinued, papers to Kenton 7/31/01 Eppler Cox, Jos. L. 12/12/1883 Eppler Discontinued, mail to Bastrop 12/8/1884 Garfield Buck, Chas. H. 3/20/1886 Garfield Templeton, Ben P. 1/24/1889 Givensville Givens, Newton W. 3/8/1881 Givensville Marchison, Jos. K. 9/19/1881 Givensville Howe, Wm. F. 9/7/1882 Givensville Discontinued, papers to Cedar Creek 10/17/1883 Glass Miller, Jos. S. 7/16/1890 Glass Holder, Lenna L. 4/1/1891 Glass Holder, Lee C. 1/8/1892 Glass DeLeon, Maudine 9/10/1894 Glass Davis, Margaret E. 3/2/1898 Glass Discontinued, papers to Cedar Creek 12/15/1899 Glenbelto Belto, John 5/1/01 Glenbelto Holmes, Watson W. 4/4/05 Glenbelto Discontinued, mail to Phelan 3/31/06 Goodman Baucom, Sterling F. 9/14/1887 Goodman Miller, Wm. G. 10/14/1889 Goodman Miller, Mary M. 5/16/1893 Goodman Miller, Ida D. 8/29/02 Goodman Discontinued, mail to Utley 2/28/14 Grassyville Grusendorf, Henry 7/17/1879 Grassyville Discontinued, 10/13/1879 Grassyville [Apparently, re-established in Lee Co aft 1880 Grassyville [Apparently, back to Bastrop county aft 1881 Grassyville Hempel, Geo. A. 7/19/1887 Grassyville Discontinued, papers to Giddings, Lee Co 11/22/1887 Grassyville [Apparently, re-established] aft 1888 Grassyville Dalchan, Emil F. 6/15/1899 Grassyville Discontinued, mail to Paige 3/31/06 Henry Betts, Washington C. M. 3/21/1891 Henry Discontinued, papers to McDade 1/7/1892 Hills Prairie McDonald, John T. 11/6/1877 Hills Prairie Cg'd, to McDONALD'S STORE 4/6/1888 Hills Prairie [Apparently, cg'd back to Hill's Prairie aft 1889 Hills Prairie Hill, Sarah E. 5/14/1890 Hills Prairie Le, Sueur Charley N. 3/5/08 Hills Prairie Le, Sueur Henry 2/25/09 Hills Prairie Griesenbeck, Haynie O. 2/3/16 Hills Prairie Le, Sueur Thos. L. 12/31/17 Hills Prairie Hubbard, Lee R. 9/11/22 Hills Prairie Discontinued, mail to Bastrop 5/14/30 Jeddo Bellamy, Asa R. 2/13/1874 Jeddo Hopkins, Coleman P. 1/11/1876 Jeddo Hopkins, John D. 12/29/1882 Jeddo Crozier, John M. 2/26/1884 Jeddo Moore, Wm. L. 12/8/1885 Jeddo Hopkins, Jas. F. 11/14/1887 Jeddo Whitehead, Rich'd. 7/21/1888 Jeddo Shook, Jas. W. 11/15/1897 Jeddo Shook, Oliver W. 12/29/00 Jeddo Discontinued, papers to String Prairie 7/25/03 Jeddo (Order, rescinded 8/14/03 Jeddo Morgan, Jr. Fred W. 8/14/03 Jeddo Hughes, Moses E. 7/11/04 Jeddo White, Jas. A. 10/19/07 Jeddo Stewart, Wm. 12/7/08 Jeddo Cockrill, Bluford? E. 1/4/21 Jeddo Cockrill, Arthur A. 11/27/22 Jeddo Discontinued, mail to Rosanky 6/15/27 Kenton Houston, Wm. H. 7/18/1898 Kenton Mason, Amos S. 6/15/00 Kenton Discontinued, papers to Del Valle 8/30/02 Kovar Rundus?, Frank 2/4/03 Kovar Sabrsula, Martin 3/22/04 Kovar Bordovsky, Frank 7/1/04 Kovar Rosanky, Mary 6/1/08 Kovar Vasek, Agnes 3/10/13 Kovar Discontinued, mail to Smithville 4/15/14 Lehman Lehman, Martin 2/1/00 Lehman Discontinued, papers to Red Rock 11/30/03 Live Oaks Watterson, Chas. C. 1/17/1878 Live Oaks Cg'd, to WATTERSON 10/22/1891 McDade May, Augustus W. 11/29/1871 McDade Williams, Benj. F. 6/10/1872 McDade Rutherford, Wm. J. 5/15/1872 McDade Beall, Apheus M. 5/2/1873 McDade Schmidt, John 4/28/1876 McDade Gordon, John Holden 10/2/1876 McDade Billingsley, Wm. B. 3/2/1880 McDade Scott, Jos. B. 6/14/1881 McDade Rutherford, C. C. 1/3/1884 McDade Stewart, Wm. C. 1/16/1884 McDade Kreckler, Herman F. 8/10/1889 McDade (Order, of appointment rescinded 9/4/1890 McDade Stewart, Wm. C. 1/16/1884 McDade Rutherford, Chris. C. 1/15/1891 McDade Green, Jos. M. 9/13/1893 McDade Milton, Geo. 11/16/1893 McDade Isaacks, Sam'l. J. 3/14/1896 McDade Rutherford, Chris. C. 1/12/1898 McDade Williams, Robt. L. 11/7/07 McDade Moore, Joel W. 10/27/14 McDade Sanders, John C. 7/4/30 (Acting postmaster) McDonald Store McDonald, John T. 4/6/1888 McDonald Store Discontinued, papers to Bastrop 5/15/1890 McDuff Wood, Jas. A. 2/19/1886 McDuff Chapman, Jas. C. 2/21/01 McDuff Discontinued, mail to Elgin 4/14/06 Mount Pleasant Denson, A. J. 5/22/1846 Mount Pleasant Discontinued, 12/25/1846 Mowatt Schermerhorn, John C. 6/15/1899 Mowatt Collier, John W. 6/28/00 Mowatt Discontinued, papers to McDade 8/4/00 Napier Bounds, Thos. B. 7/13/1886 Napier Nixon, Wm. J. 11/17/1886 Napier Discontinued, papers to Eagle Branch 11/6/1888 Otis Scott, Winfield 3/1/1899 Otis Hemphill, Zeno C. 7/22/02 Otis (Order, rescinded 8/30/02 Otis Scott, Winfield 3/1/1899 Otis Discontinued, mail to Cedar Creek 11/30/06 Paige Gorman, Thos. D. 3/13/1874 Paige Howard, U. 11/27/1874 Paige Gorman, Thos. D. 1/13/1875 Paige Discontinued, 9/30/1875 Paige (Re-estbalished), Howard Ulysses 10/22/1875 Paige Rasberry, Leonidas L. 8/1/1877 Paige Banner, Jas. G. 11/20/1877 Paige Hagmann, Emil 2/25/1880 Paige Hargrove, Carey C. 4/5/1886 Paige Holman, Owen H. 1/3/1891 Paige Sternenberg, Fred. W. 7/10/1899 Paige Sternenberg, Ida B. 12/6/09 Paige Chase, Ida B. 6/24/915 Paige Sternenberg, Paula 2/25/16 Paige Porter, Bertha C. 7/25/18 Paige Kuhn, Nora M. 2/3/22 Phelan Perkins, Eli H. 7/7/05 Phelan Phelan, John C. 1/22/06 Phelan Meusebach, Iago 1/13/15 Phelan Discontinued, mail to Bastrop 2/28/31 Pontotoc Moore, Wm. E. 3/20/1871 Pontotoc Harris, Ben 12/27/1871 Pontotoc Discontinued, 9/30/1872 Potter's Shop Allen, Jas. W. 7/21/1859 Potter's Shop Discontinued, 10/1/1859 Red Rock Lentz, Ashley R. 6/23/1870 Red Rock Echels, Jas. F. 6/21/1875 Red Rock Ricks, Jas. W. 10/31/1876 Red Rock Bowen, John W. 7/9/1877 Red Rock Discontinued, 7/13/1880 Red Rock (Re-established) Maddux Thad B. 12/27/1880 Red Rock Dodd, Benj. F. 1/14/1886 Red Rock Runk?, Ernst 4/19/1892 Red Rock Probst, Jos. 12/9/1897 Red Rock Hilbig, Chas. 11/6/11 Red Rock Petty, Wm. A. 10/2/25 Ridgeway Foster, John L. 6/13/1871 Ridgeway Discontinued, 6/4/1872 Rosanky ROSANKY, (see also EAGLE Branch) Rosanky Nash, Wm. E. 10/2/1893 Rosanky Grohman, Aug. A. 5/28/1894 Rosanky Sass, B. 2/7/1896 Rosanky Mayo, Wm. S. 3/16/1896 Rosanky Grohman, Aug. A. 1/7/1898 Rosanky Frerich, Jos. B. 11/21/1899 Rosanky Rosanky, John B. 3/23/10 Rosanky Otto, Jas. H. 5/2/14 Rosanky Easley, Dan'l. W. 5/26/17 Rosanky Meuth, Chas. S. 8/1/18 Rosanky Grohman, Emil J. 7/15/24 Sand Lawrence, Ernest J. 6/18/1898 Sand Wenke, Jr. Henry 11/18/1898 Sand Mitschke, Henry 11/30/03 Sand (Order, rescinded 3/25/04 Sand Wenke, Jr. Henry 11/18/1898 Sand Wenke, Henry C. 10/26/12 Sand Discontinued, mail to Giddings 5/15/29 Sand Fly Hobbs, Wm. R. 11/7/1853 Sand Fly Later, in Burleson County aft 1854 Sand Fly Cg'd, back to Bastrop County 11/17/1869 Sand Fly Queen, Wm. M. 11/17/1869 Sand Fly Moore, Wm. E. 12/24/1869 Sand Fly Cg'd, to PONTOTOC 3/20/1871 Sayersville Green, Henry M. 2/20/1889 Sayersville Outlaw, John H. 12/13/1889 Sayersville Hewatt, Alex. A. J. 5/16/1891 Sayersville Discontinued, papers to Bastrop 8/30/1893 Sayersville [Apparently, re-established] aft 1893 Sayersville Jones, Albert H. 3/30/1894 Sayersville Fowler, Cora 6/13/00 Sayersville (Appointment, rescinded 7/19/00 Sayersville Jones, Albert H. 3/30/1894 Sayersville Newsom, Henry C. 11/12/01 Sayersville Thompson, J. Clara 4/9/02 Sayersville Clark, Iverson 8/15/03 Sayersville Clark, Vird 10/26/12 Sayersville Discontinued, mail to Bastrop 12/15/22 Serbin Engelke, Fred. A. 8/17/1860 Serbin Engelke, F. A. 7/12/1861 (CSA) Serbin Pohl, Anton 1/16/1866 Serbin Seidel, Ewald 8/17/1868 Serbin Fehr, Sol. 4/26/1870 Serbin Kappler, Andreas 5/14/1872 Serbin Fehr, Sol. 1/22/1873 Smithville Jones, John P. 8/23/1876 Smithville Taylor, John B. 5/5/1879 Smithville Nash, Charlton Y. 8/23/1890 Smithville Winston, Ed. G. 9/11/1891 Smithville Edwards, Kittie L. 4/30/00 Smithville Turney, Lottie E. 4/15/09 Smithville Jenkins, Wm. E. 6/5/13 Smithville Winston, Phillip V. 4/19/17 (Acting postmaster) Smithville Barry, Jas. K. 4/6/18 Smithville Turney, Lotta E. 7/21/22 Snake Prairie Hutchinson, Mrs. S. C. 2/20/1871 Snake Prairie Highsmith, Wm. A. 5/4/1874 Snake Prairie McKellar, Mrs. Sarah E. 5/14/1875 Snake Prairie Ward, Jas. F. 1/23/1879 Snake Prairie Rutledge, J. B. 12/8/1881 Snake Prairie House, Wm. C. 7/13/1882 Snake Prairie Ward, Jas. F. 3/2/1883 Snake Prairie Discontinued, mail/papers to Eagle Branch 3/13/1884 String Prairie Zimmerman, Geo. 7/13/1886 String Prairie Zimmerman, Chas. 2/11/14 String Prairie White, Jas. E. 4/12/21 String Prairie Voigt, Louis 3/28/23 String Prairie Ott, Annie E. 12/27/26 String Prairie Discontinued, mail to Rosanky 12/31/29 Type Smith, Aug. 3/21/02 Type Womack, John W. 5/3/04 Type Discontinued, mail to Elgin 12/15/04 Upton/Como Callaway, Thos. T. 6/30/1894 Upton/Como Ploeger, Chas. F. F. 7/22/1896 Upton/Como Gentry, Bartelle B. 11/2/1898 Upton/Como Young, Jas. L. 10/21/02 Upton/Como Williams, Clyde V. 2/17/05 Upton/Como Rosanky, Henry W. 8/15/06 Upton/Como Rosanky, Maye 11/4/19 Upton/Como Discontinued, mail to Smithville 4/30/29 Utley Drisdale, Goodloe M. 2/8/1892 Utley Olive, Leonidas W. 5/11/1892 Utley Barton, John 8/21/1895/6 Utley Coulson, Oleanthus G. 2/10/04 Utley Coulson, Abigail 1/24/12 Utley Miller, Chas. Ler 3/6/14 Utley Miller, Anna L. 8/15/22 Utley Discontinued, mail to Bastrop 11/15/22 Utley (Re-established), Miller Anna L. 8/3/23 Watterson Watterson, Chas. C. 10/22/1891 Watterson Lee, Harvey B. 5/24/02 Watterson Discontinued mail to Red Rock 8/31/04 Wilbarger Barton, Hugh 2/17/1880 Wilbarger Discontinued, 9/30/1880 Yewpon Hanson, Pery A. 4/8/02 Yewpon Dawson, Wm. B. 9/7/12 Yewpon Discontinued mail to Paige 7/15/18 Young's Settlement Litton, John 11/5/1849 Young's Settlement McGinnis, Oliver H. P. 10/8/1855 Young's Settlement Young, Perry G. 11/11/1858 Young's Settlement Young, Perry G. 8/5/1861 (CSA) [resigned] Young's Settlement Scott, Jos. 10/12/1861 (CSA) Young's Settlement Litton, Miss Martha Ellen 5/4/1866 Young's Settlement McKean, Frank 4/29/1867 Young's Settlement Brooks, Jas. G. 3/30/1868 Young's Settlement McKean, Frank 6/26/1868 Young's Settlement Phillips, Wm. 9/7/1868 Young's Settlement Bennett, E. Y. 8/31/1870 Young's Settlement Sheasby, Sam'l. 11/7/1871 Young's Settlement Discontinued, 12/9/1872