Jasper June 7, 1843 John R. Ross Walnut Fork November 12, 1849 Job C. Christman Borland December 17, 1849 Edward M. Hall Mount Parthenon April 18, 1851 Thomas K. May Denton December 1, 1851 James Stamp Whiteley December 1, 1851 Jesse T. Casey Forest Home September 11, 1852 William Bristow Marshall Prairie November 11, 1854 Pleasant Fowler note: name changed to Western Grove November 12, 1886 Cave Creek August 23, 1855 Isaiah Dodson Mount Judea May 22, 1856 Jesse Brewer Watkinsville May 5, 1857 William Key White's Hill August 29, 1860 Wilson C. McPherson Beechwood November 11, 1867 Abraham H. Clark Cassville January 10, 1868 Thomas H. Cass Red Rock July 10, 1875 William R. Jones Boston Mountain July 20, 1875 Isiah H. Sparks Cold Mountain November 3, 1875 Elijah B. Jones Limestone Valley December 29, 1876 John M. Adams Mount Hersey June 27, 1877 James W. Salomon Moonhull
Moonhull was located below Swain, toward Clarksville. Moonhull Post Office was established September 5, 1877, Riley Cowan was appointed Post Master. He served as Post Master until the post office was discontinued on December 13, 1877. It is known that some residents of Moonhull picked up their mail at Limestone Valley Post Office until a post office was once again established November 18, 1878. James Bayley was Post Master from that time until the office was discontinued, July 8, 1879.
James Bailey, second Post Master of Moonhull, with wife and mother at their home in Moonhull where the post office was re-established in 1878.
On September 19, 1889 a post office was established at Mossville;
Fred W. Strode was appointed postmaster, remained so until Theodore Ober took the
position, April 14, 1894. He ran the post office until March 14, 1898. Alice Day
was sworn in March 14th and held the postion until May 3, 1898. On that May 3rd,
William C. Moss was sworn in, held the position until October 28, 1898. Sarah Gipson
was sworn in at that time, remained until July 27, 1901. Darcus Jane Moss ran the
post office from July 27, 1901 until May 11, 1914. Betty Cline than held the position
through November 27, 1919. At that time, Abbie Stephens took over the position and
held it until March 18, 1925. Loren Harrison, husband of Mattie Grace Edgmon, ran the
post office until November 16, 1933. My Grandma, Daisy B. Edgmon, was next to hold
the position, remained until April 21, 1937. Virgil C. Edgmon, brother to Leither,
was sworn in April 21st, held the position until his wife, Anna Reynolds Edgmon, took
the position, May 18, 1952. Anna Edgmon was the last to run the post office, it was closed
September 3, 1979. The post office did not have a permanent home...a small structure
was usually erected at or near the residence of the indivdual who ran the office. My
Grandpa built a small building to house the post office when grandma was appointed post
master. At that time, their house was the first dwelling on the road, just across the
highway from the Mossville Church. Water from their well was carried to the church
house for use by those attending church. When school was in session, it was held in the
church. Two buckets of water were taken to school every morning...in hot weather
additional water was drawn and taken to school at noon. All drank from the dipper that
hang on the wall. On their way home from school, hot and thirsty children stopped by
the post office to get a drink of water and to get a snack of cornbread that grandma
had made for them. After grandpa moved his family to Swain, the road was re-cut to
the present location. The building that last housed the post office at Mossville
is the last remaining of the several that were built. It is located near the home
of the late Virgil Edgmon, on the road across from the church...
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Vendor October 29, 1889 Ephraim B. Greenhaw Ryker October 15, 1891 Jacob A. Ryker Killgore October 23, 1891 Jackson Killgore Chancel March 3, 1892 John E. Moore Snow March 21, 1892 Calvin H. Snow Spence May 3, 1892 Solomon M. Overtuff Wayton June 20, 1892 Lois A. Way Essex October 5, 1892 James W. Casteel Ponder March 7, 1895 Edward Sams Low Gap January 17, 1898 James A. Villines Deer February 23, 1898 James D. Faught Summitt June 20, 1892 Henry Heydenreich Villines July 13, 1895 George Villines Tarlton May 1, 1900 Francis M. Jackson Lanson September 21, 1900 Lanson P. Brown Eago October 18, 1900 William R. Mahan Hasty January 8, 1902 Josephine Morrison Bass March 20, 1902 Alfred R. Dickey Cowell May 3, 1902 Joab A. Cowell Ponca November 6, 1903 Arthur F. Bickel Moore April 5, 1910 Jeff A. Fountain Delve June 1, 1910 Joseph Liles Stoverville October 3, 1912 Abraham L. Stover Carver November 25, 1913 Pembrook Carver Nail December 8, 1913 George W. Rylee Plumlee February 23, 1914 William A. Spencer note: name changed to Mount Sherman March 15, 1934 Erbie October 2, 1915 Simon A. Lawson Lurton January 9, 1917 Cornelia A. Sutton Little Buffalo January 8, 1918 Ulysses S. Bivens Iceledo September 3, 1918 Mary Brown George December 18, 1918 Kissa A. Newberry Holt April 13, 1922 Thomas C. Spoon Pruitt May 29, 1925 Frank A. Hammons Allfriend October 17, 1927 Ora Allred Arbaugh March 2, 1928 Rebecca Arbaugh Ben Hur December 26, 1930 Ollie F. Hankins Piercetown December 2, 1946 Ruth Norton
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