Colvin's Post Office (now Vienna) 1838 - 1850, Ouachita, Union, Jackson & Lincoln Parishes Louisiana

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


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Early Postmasters of Colvin's Post Office, later Vienna Post Office
Ouachita, Union, Jackson, & Lincoln Parishes 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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COLVINS POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED:
    24 March 1838 in "Washita" Parish Louisiana

HISTORY OF COLVINS POST OFFICE:
    originally in Ouachita Parish
    Union Parish 1839-1845
    Jackson Parish 1845-1873
    Lincoln Parish 1873-present    
    name changed to Vienna 8 April 1850

POSTMASTERS:

Jeptha Colvin 24 Mar 1838 - 11 Novr 1844

Zephariah B. Davis 12 Novr 1844 - 20 Dec 1846

Thomas Colvin 21 Dec 1846 - 

   [office became part of Jackson Parish in 1845, then Lincoln in 1873]

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COMMENTS:

#1
Colvin's Post Office is the oldest recorded United States Post Office within the 
boundaries of Union Parish. It was established on 24 March 1838 with Jeptha Colvin as 
the first postmaster. His father Daniel Colvin, Sr., was one of the earliest pioneer 
settlers of the Union/Lincoln Parish region, arriving between 1810 and 1814. When it 
was established, Colvin's Post Office was located in northwestern Ouachita Parish, 
but it fell into Union Parish with its creation on 13 March 1839. Colvin's remained in 
Union Parish until the creation of Jackson Parish in 1845. On 8 April 1850, the name 
of the post office was changed from Colvin's to Vienna. With the creation of Lincoln Parish 
from portions of Union, Jackson, Claiborne, and Bienville Parishes in 1873, the Vienna Post 
Office (formerly Colvin's) now belonged to Lincoln Parish. It existed as Vienna until 14 
February 1964.

#2
The name of this post office was changed to "Vienna" on 8 April 1850, when John Huey, Jr. 
was the postmaster. Huey was probably the brother of Jeptha  Colvin's mother, Susan 
Huey Colvin.


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