Colson's Post Office, Union Parish Louisiana

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 8/2004


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Early Postmasters of Colson's Post Office, Union Parish Louisiana
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SOURCE:
Records of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832 – September 30, 1971, located in the 
National Archives, identifed as Record Group 28, Microfilm Publication M841, 
Reels #51 & 52. 

T. D. Hudson transcribed this information from the original records and donated 
it to the Union Parish Archives in August 2004. 

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COLSONS POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED:
    12 March 1887


HISTORY OF COLSONS POST OFFICE:
    Discontinued on 22 September 1887, with mail forwarded to Farmerville 
    Re-established 15 July 1889
    Discontinued on 18 April 1931, with mail forwarded to Farmerville


POSTMASTERS:

Francis M. Roane, 12 Mar 1887 - 21 Sept 1887

     [Office closed 22 Sept 1887 - 14 July 1889.]

Jacob B. Caver, 15 July 1889 - 8 Sept 1889        [Undoubtedly this is the same man as Jacob L. B. Caver,
                                                   but the postal officials entered his name two different ways.]
Jacob L. B. Caver 9 Sept 1889 - 4 Apr 1892 

Shadrack J. Wall, 5 Apr 1892 - 29 Apr 1900 

Francis E. H. Marley, 30 Apr 1900 - 13 Jan 1903 

Wesley F. Wall, 14 Jan 1903 - 13 Sept 1905

Wm. H. Rabun, 14 Sept 1905 - 

     [Office discontinued on 18 Apr 1931, with mail forwarded to Farmerville.]

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COMMENTS:

This office was located in eastern Union Parish. Some evidence indicates that the office 
changed locations between when it closed the first time after Francis Marion Roan served as 
postmaster for six months in 1887. However, subsequent postmasters lived near the modern village 
of Rocky Branch. Shadrack J. Wall and Rabun lived in Section 26, Township 20 North, Range 2 East, 
near Bayou D'Arbonne and about one mile west of modern Rocky Branch. 


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