Postmasters of Bastrop County, Texas
1846 - 1930
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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Boyle (Order, rescinded 3/11/01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 Grhohman, 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