Cherokee County AlArchives History .....Cedar Bluff Postmasters 1837-1953 August 2, 1837 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: David Norton http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006057 May 30, 2008, 12:01 pm Cedar Bluff Cherokee County Alabama Postmasters 1837 - 1953 Postmasters Appointment Date Henry L. Smith August 2, 1837 James V. Hogg March 19, 1840 Robert L. Henderson January 5, 1846 John L. Harris December 14, 1846 Henry Milner February 8, 1849 William B. Watt December 4, 1849 William K. Briers January 3, 1850 Elijah S. Hardwick December 9, 1852 Andrew J. Caldwell December 21, 1853 Richard R. Harris May 10, 1854 John Lawrence March 8, 1854 Zachariah Laney November 3, 1865 George J. Dykes August 1, 1866 Miss Mary I. Bogan January 29, 1868 George M. Rinehart April 9, 1877 Augustus J. Bogan August 12, 1887 Napoleon B. Leath April 6, 1892 William W. Brandon March 31, 1893 James F. Slone September 21, 1897 James F. Burnett May 13, 1913 Judson G. Hurley January 16, 1919 James F. Slone, Jr. March 10, 1922 Thelma E. Slone February 2, 1928 Mark C. Clayton September 9, 1933 (confirmed) Jimmie S. Johnston July 31, 1952 (assumed charge) August 22, 1952 (acting) John L. Young May 20, 1953 (assumed charge) June 9, 1953 (acting) S.R. Spearman July 30, 1954 (confirmed) November 8, 1974 (retired) Additional Comments: Cedar Bluff was granted a Post Office on August 2, 1837. Henry L. Smith was appointed the first postmaster. (source: U.S. Postal Archive, Washington, D.C.) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/cherokee/history/other/cedarblu311gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb