Lindville 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 Lindville 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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LINDVILLE POST OFFICE ESTABLISHED:
    8 September 1851


HISTORY OF LINDVILLE POST OFFICE:
    discontinued 1 May 1855
    re-established 11 November 1858
    discontinued 20 July 1860


POSTMASTERS:

John S. Barr, 8 Sept 1851 - 8 Sept 1853

Lewis Lanier, 9 Sept 1853 - 30 Apr 1855
  
      [Office closed 1 May 1855]

Samuel E. Barr, 11 Nov 1858 - 19 July 1860

      [Office permanently closed 20 July 1860.]



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COMMENTS:

This office was located near, if not on the same spot, as the modern Linville Post 
Office, established in 1902. Modern Linville is located in the NW 1/4 of Section 6, 
Township 21 North, Range 3 East. John S. Barr, Lindville's first postmaster, probably 
lived with his father Leroy Barr, whose plantation was in the southwest corner of 
Section 4, about one mile from the modern Linville. The Lindville second postmaster, 
Lewis Lanier, owned a farm located in the south half of Section 8, about 1.5 miles 
from modern Linville.

Obviously, Lindville was located within a mile or so of modern Linville, and the 
modern name is clear a corruption of the original 'Lindville' post office. I have 
no idea where the name originated.



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