Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives News.....Postal, 1878 

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Postal news: 
   Henderson's Depot P.O. established, postmater W.E. BEALE, Mar 1878 
   Nottoway Mills P.O. renamed Delawares, 1 Apr 1878; 
   Bowers P.O. established, postmater Menalcus LANKFORD, Dec 1878 


"The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Fri., Mar. 8, 1878, p. 3, col. 1 

  A new post-office is established at Ballman's, Louisa county, Va., near 
Bentvoglio, with Hamlet M. Muyer as postmaster; also at Altzer's Store, 
Montgomery county, Va., on the route from Christiansburg to Miras Fork, with 
J.H. Altzer as postmaster; also at Henderson's Depot, Southampton county, Va., 
on the route from Portsmouth to Weldon, with W.E. Beale as postmaster. 

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"The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Thurs., Apr. 4, 1878, p. 3, col. 2 

            A Curiosity. 
     SPOTTSVILLE, SURRY COUNTY. VA., } 
                      April 1, 1878. } 
  Editors Dispatch : You will find enclosed by this mail a few twigs of oak 
which have stood the winter.  Some of our oldest neighbors think it unusual. 

  Annoying Mistake. - A very annoying mistake occurred in Suffolk on Saturday 
night last in one of the churches during service, by which a minister of the 
Baptist Church came near being conveyed to prison, charged with being a 
burglar.  Name not given.  He is a Yankee; was on a visit to a friend; saw 
flowers, &c., at Mr. Moore's, and stopped to look at them too hard, as a 
northerner would be likely to do, there being none at home so early.  Mr. 
Moore, remembering last year's burglars, got out a warrant, which was served, 
but the host finally convinced the officer he had got on the wrong track. 
So says the Portsmouth "Times" in a long article. 
[...] 

  Reuben Jones is appointed postmaster at Churchland, Norfolk county, vice 
Thomas E. Trotman, resigned.  The site of the post-office at Brentsville, 
Prince William county, Va., is changed to the centre of the village, and 
A.W. Sinclair is appointed postmaster vice Isaac Herrick, superseded by 
the change of site.  This change is made upon the petition of a number of 
citizens sent to the Department in December last and forwarded by Hon. B.B. 
Douglas.  The Department sent Special-Agent Wilson to examine the matter, 
and he reported in favor of the change which is now made.  Brentsville is 
the county-seat of Prince William county.  The name of the post-office at 
Nottoway Mills. Southampton county, Va., is changed to Delawares. 
[...] 

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"The (Richmond, VA) Daily Dispatch," Wed., Dec. 18, 1878, p. 2, col. 5 

  A new post-office is established at Bowers's, Southampton county, Va., 
between Franklin and Jerusalem, with Menalcus Lankford as postmaster. 
The post-office at Ritchieville, Dinwiddie county, Va., is discontinued 
for want of a candidate; the papers go to Stony-Creek Warehouse.  James 
S. Adams is appointed postmaster at Shockoe Church, Pittsylvania county, 
Va., vice Thomas J. Adams, resigned.  John Wurts is appointed postmaster 
at Maywood, Fayette county, W.Va., vice John Sharpe, resigned. 
[...] 


These items posted as parts of the Library Of Virginia's "Virginia Chronicle" 
   Virginia newspaper project, at: 
   http://www.virginiamemory.com/collections/virginia_newspapers 
   - text of articles corrected 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). 

file at: 
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