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POSTMASTERS
& POST OFFICES OF
LAVACA COUNTY, TEXAS
1847 - 1930
ANTIOCH
(Lavaca)
Tate, Riley, 8 May 1855
Tate, Riley,13 Mar 1862 (CSA)
Brugger?, John, 10 Apr 1866
Holland, Thos. S., 3 Dec 1867
Koerth, Chas. G., 19 May 1879
Franks, Columbus, 7 Sep 1882
Haynes, Chas. C., 27 May 1883
Youngkin, Henry C., 27 Oct 1884
Smith, Thos., 3 Nov 1885
Youngkin, Henry C., 18 Mar 1886
(Order rescinded 22 Mar 1886)
Smith, Thos., 3 Nov 1885
Hornburg, Henry, 28 Nov 1887
Cg'd to KARNEY, 1 Jun 1888
BAURS
(Lavaca)
Baur, Aug., 17 Apr 1884
Discontinued 10 Feb 1890; papers
to Flatonia
BEARDEN
(Lavaca)
Mayo, Kinchen, 4 Aug 1851
Mayo, Kinchen, 9 Aug 1861 (CSA)
Discontinued 28 Jan 1863 (CSA)
[Apparently re-established]
Dinsmore, Mrs. Amanda F., 15
Jun 1866
Cg'd to SPEAKVILLE, 9 Jly 1866
BOVINE
(Lavaca)
May, Patrick, 16 May 1860
May, Patrick, 12 Jly 1861 (CSA)
Discontinued 23 Jan 1867
(Re-established) Mahon, Bernard
A., 8 Nov 1872
Matron?, B., 16 Aug 1875
Mahon, Bernard A., 21 Sep 1875
Plume, Thos. Y., 30 Oct 1883
Discontinued 21 Jan 1889; papers
to Sweet Home
BOXVILLE
(Lavaca) (see also SPEAKEVILLE)
Traylor, Rich'd. B., 18 Dec 1876
Speake, Annie, 21 Jan 1879
Speake, Mary Ann E., 18 Feb 1879
Bennett, Mary Ann E., 28 Jly
1879
Speake, L. E., 12 Apr 1881
Bennett, Mary Ann E., 17 Aug
1881
Discontinued 29 Jun 1882; mail
to Seclusion
BRANON
(Lavaca)
Branon, Jas. D., 7 Sep 1901
Discontinued 31 Jly 1915; mail
to Hallettsville
BRESLAU
(Lavaca)
Hoffman, Henry H., 9 Nov 1880
Weller, John H., 25 Oct 1882
Ladewig, Fred, 26 Apr 1886
Striebeck, Wm. H., 11 Mar 1890
(C)
Hoffman, Heinrich H., 18 Jly
1891
Miller, Otto W., 2 Nov 1898
Stulken, Herman L., 25 Feb 1903
Discontinued 31 May 1911; mail
to Hallettsville
BRUSHYVILLE (Lavaca)
Maulding, John W., 3 Jly 1856
Discontinued 13 Feb 1857
CONROY
(Lavaca, DeWitt)
May, Patrick, 25 Jly 1884
To DeWitt
County, 16 Jun 1886
CREOLE
(Lavaca)
Garner, Thos. R., 31 Jly 1903
Harral, Robt. H. B., 12 Nov 1907
Discontinued 15 Apr 1911; mail
to Ezzell
EZZELL
(Lavaca)
Ezzell, Ira, 23 Jan 1883
Noble, A. B., 14 Dec 1885
Noble, Wm. C., 20 Nov 1888
Garner, Jos. D., 20 Dec 1890
Garner, Auburn J., 16 Nov 1905
Koonce, John F., 9 Feb 1907
Discontinued 31 Oct 1914; mail
to Hallettsville
GANDY
(Lavaca, Jackson)
Gandy, Dan'l., 13 Aug 1906
Brewer, Lewis G., 6 Dec 1907
(Declined)
To Jackson
County, 17 Aug 1908
GLECKLER
(Lavaca) (see also LILLA)
Gleckler, Alfred, 13 Feb 1885
Discontinued 31 Mar 1905; mail
to Schulenburg
HACKBERRY (Lavaca)
Neuhaus, Ed., 4 Jly 1862 (CSA)
Neuhaus, Mrs. Auguste, 21 Feb
1866
Neuhaus, L. Ed., 11 Aug 1873
Neuhaus, Chas. L., 9 Nov 1880
Mollest, Minnie, 8 Jun 1906 (Declined)
Discontinued 10 Sep 1906; mail
to Schulenburg
HALFMOON
(Lavaca)
Runger, John M., 6 Nov 1885
Krueger, John M., 23 Dec 1885?
Cg'd to SHINER, 31 Mar 1888
HALLETTSVILLE (Lavaca)
Ballard, Coletinus, 26 Feb 1849
Foster, Sam'l. T., 9 Dec 1856
Graves, Geo. N., 11 Feb 1857
Kelly, John W., 1 Oct 1857
Ellis, Volney, 19 Sep 1859
Mason, Thos. E., 27 Oct 1859
[resigned]
Holtzclaw, Eli, 27 Oct 1860?
Holtzclaw, Eli, 12 Jly 1861 (CSA)
Notgrass, Thos., 2 Jan 1863 (CSA)
Hinckley, Walter R., 22 Dec 1864
(CSA)
Foster, Abner K., 4 Dec 1865
Streich, Martha L., 1 Nov 1866
Shoemaker, Henry M., 30 Jan 1872
Sheley, Wm., 29 Sep 1875
Howerton, David B., 31 Mar 1880
Miller, Wm. J., 13 Jan 1899
Paulus, D. A., 28 Apr 1913
Young, Geo. A., 28 Apr 1922
Stulken, Herman L., 26 Feb 1927
HENKHAUS
(Lavaca)
Henkhaus, Atoysius? F., 16 Apr
1898
Mueller, Edmund, 26 Mar 1901
Hafreneck, Frank, 7 Feb 1902
Darilek, Frank, 31 Oct 1902
Discontinued 2 Jan 1907; mail
to Shiner
HOPE
(Lavaca)
Stadtler, Chas. L., 5 Jun 1857
Discontinued 31 Nov 1857
(Re-established) Maulding, Dewitt
C., 17 Feb 1858
Porter, David M., 8 May 1861
Porter, D. M., 12 Jly 1861 (CSA)
Barker, P. R., 15 Apr 1862 (CSA)
Hoffer, Anton, 9 Oct 1866
Bucherley, Fred., 24 Jly 1868
Munson, C. F., 10 May 1870
Wright, Geo. W., 5 Jly 1870
Smith, Ed. M., 30 Jly 1872
Patterson, Jas. C., 30 Sep 1878
McFarland, Thos. J., 5 Jan 1880
Dodd, Rich'd. W., 1 Mar 1881
Thrift, Rich'd. B., 31 May 1888
Archer, Jas. W., 20 Mar 1902
Thrift, Rich'd. B., 16 Feb 1906
Discontinued 15 Sep 1906; mail
to Yoakum
KARNEY
(Lavaca) (see also ANTIOCH)
Hornburg, Henry, 1 Jun 1888
Williams, Dan'l. W., 2 May 1891
Discontinued 15 May 1891; papers
to Williamsburgh
KINKLER
(Lavaca)
Meaking, Fred'k. O., 14 Sep 1886
Fertsch, Theo., 23 Nov 1889 (C)
Mertz, John C., 12 Jan 1894
Miller, Otto, 28 Nov 1896
Fertsch, Theo., 16 Jan 1903
Discontinued 14 Sep 1905; mail
to Hallettsville
KOERTHS
(Lavaca)
Franks, Columbus, 27 May 1884
Discontinued 21 Jun 1887; papers
to Antioch
[Apparently re-established]
Rathke, Jas. A., 10 Apr 1893
Hill, Thos. J., 5 Aug 1902
Gerdes, Tony, 16 Aug 1907
Discontinued 31 Jan 1910; mail
to Hallettsville
KRAJINA
(Lavaca)
Skrehot, Rudolph F., 3 May 1895
Skrehot, Clement J., 20 Dec 1898
Winther, Mamie, 4 Aug 1901
Skrehot, Clement J., 8 Apr 1902
Discontinued 30 Sep 1902; papers
to Seclusion
LILLA
(Lavaca)
Gleckler, Alfred, 8 Sep 1884
Cg'd to GLECKLER, 13 Feb 1885
MONSERATE (Lavaca)
Dew, Thos. T., 30 Mar 1894
Daniel, Jos. B., 11 Dec 1899
Lanik, Frank N., 13 Sep 1900
Steffek, Frank S., 7 Feb 1902
Discontinued 14 Sep 1905; mail
to Hallettsville
MORAVIA
(Lavaca)
Clark, Isaac E., 20 Sep 1882
McBurford, Jessie, 27 Oct 1887
Burford, Jesse M., 11 Nov 1887
Jalufka, Ignatz E., 13 Jly 1891
Schilling, Jos. J., 28 Jun 1905
(Declined)
Discontinued 30 Sep 1900; mail
to Schulenburg
MOULTON
(Gonzales, Lavaca)
Qualls, Henry L., 22 Dec 1858
or 9?
Qualls, H. L., 12 Jly 1861 (CSA)
[resigned]
Levey, M. C., 28 Dec 1861 (CSA)
Obar, Matilda I., 29 May 1866
Robinson, Jas. M., 2 Sep 1867
Walker, Sam'l. H., 14 Jun 1871
McGill, Jeff'n. W., 10 Jan 1872
Vauhan, Henry, 8 Aug 1872
McGill, J. W., 31 Jan 1876
Jackson, Thos. F., 9 Oct 1878
Boehm, Ed., 28 May 1892
Fotzebue, Aug. M., 15 May 1893
Jones, Willis H., 14 Sep 1894
Jaeggli, Rudolph, 1 Oct 1898
Crouch, John W., 28 May 1901
Richter, Wenzel K., 6 Jly 1907
Meiners, Louis A., 11 Feb 1914
Richter, Wenzel K., 1 Oct 1923
(Acting postmaster)
MOULTON
INSTITUTE (Lavaca)
Holmes, Mortimer Sam'l., 12 Jun
1888
Leach, Thos. A., 8 Mar 1894
Moffat, Mary L., 25 Jly 1894
Discontinued 14 Aug 1894; papers
to Moulton
MUSTANG
(Lavaca)
Jones, Maryland, 21 Jan 1851
Discontinued 27 Sep 1854
(Re-established) Savoy, Louis
M., 23 Apr 1855
Discontinued 16 Sep 1857
NOVOHRAD
(Lavaca)
Vrazel, John, 31 Oct 1894
Kopetzky, Martin W., 30 Jan 1895
McKinnon, A. B., 14 Dec 1895
Vacek, Stachos, 26 May 1896
Pechacek, John, 24 Oct 1896
Parlas?/Pavlas?, Felix J., 25
Apr 1898
Hajek, Frank, 21 Dec 1898
Discontinued 31 May 1905; mail
to Moulton
OAKLAND
(Lavaca, Colorado)
Turner, Amanda, 31 May 1848
To Colorado
County
OAKWOOD
(Lavaca)
Established 1 Mar 1862 (CSA)
Bellah, R. H.?/R. W?, 1 Mar 1862
(CSA)
[Apparently discontinued by CSA]
ORSACK
(Lavaca) (see also WORTHING)
Orsack, Jos., 6 Dec 1882
Discontinued 5 Jan 1883; mail
to Hallettsville
PETERSBURG (Lavaca)
Townsend, Wm. T., 10 Mar 1848
Thweatt, Arch. H., 8 Sep 1851
Pennington, Ephraim B., 18 Feb
1854
Davis, Wm. B., 29 Jly 1854
Wills, Wm. R. B., 28 Feb 1856
Judd, Henry K., 22 Jly 1858
Caldwell, W. T., 17 Jly 1861
(CSA) [resigned]
Zumwalt, A. C., 24 Oct 1861 (CSA)
[Ordered, on 31 Jan 1862, by
CSA, that the site of
Petersburg, Lavaca Co., Texas,
to town, be changed one mile,
and that J. J. Morgan be appointed
postmaster in
place of A. C. Zumwalt.]
Morgan, J. J., 31 Jan 1862 (CSA)
Zumwalt, A. C., 16 Jly 1862 (CSA)
Morgan, Aurelia, 27 Mar 1866
Judd, Henry R., 6 Dec 1866
Williams, John, 3 Jun 1872
Avant, Nathan, 3 Mar 1875
[Cg'd] to WILLIAMSBURGH, 21 Apr
1876
POST
OAK GROVE (Lavaca)
Zumwalt, Ed., 16 Feb 1872
Johnson, Robt. A., 21 May 1877
Leggett, Wm. C., 4 Oct 1881
Bishop, Jas. L., 15 Jan 1883
Discontinued 15 May 1883; mail
to Hallettsville
ROCKY
MILLS (Lavaca)
Stribling, Benj. H., 31 Aug 1847
Discontinued 10 Mar 1848
(Re-established) Stribling, Benj.
H., 15 Jun 1848
Stribling, Benj. F., 30 Jly 1852
Discontinued 14 Aug1855
SECLUSION (Lavaca)
Speake, Mary A. N., 28 Apr 1879
Gray, Mary Emma, 16 May 1879
Miller, Mrs. Mary E., 24 Jly
1884
Works, Talitha Ann, 9 Jly 1885
Monroe, Eli, 23 Nov 1886
Works, Eli M., 10 Dec 1886
Traylor, Rich'd. B., 16 Nov 1889
Smith, Lettie McD., 13 Dec 1890
Discontinued 31 May 1914; mail
to Vienna
SHINER
(Lavaca) (see also HALFMOON)
Kreuger, John M., 31 Mar 1888
Wangerman, Adolph G., 7 Jun 1892
Smith, Robt. L., 10 May 1893
Smith, French O., 16 Jan 1895
Flato, Henry N., 2 Jan 1896
Seydler, Rich'd. G., 14 Oct 1897
Seydler, Louise, 1 May 1902
Flato, Rudolph G., 19 Feb 1903
Pannewitz, Gustav A., 12 Oct
1906
Hughes, Covey M., 3 Nov 1914
(Acting postmaster)
Herder, Edmund, 29 Dec 1914
Ponton, Thos. J., 1 Jan 1920
(Acting postmaster)
Koether, Hugh G., 23 Aug 1922
SPEAKES
(Lavaca)
Koonce, John W., 25 Jly 1929
SPEAKVILLE (Lavaca) (see also BEARDEN)
Speake Sr., Thos., 9 Jly 1866
Wiley, Miss Martha J., 30 Mar
1868
Speake, Hanan P., 9 Sep 1868
[Cg'd] to BOXVILLE, 18 Dec 1876
STAR
(Lavaca)
Rusler, John, 18 Apr 1870
Discontinued 16 Jun 1871
SUBLIME
(Lavaca)
Strunk, Dietrich, 14 Jun 1875
Miller, Robt., 12 Oct 1881
Kloppenburg, John K., 5 Sep 1893
Miller Sr., Robt., 9 Aug 1897
Miller, Aug. O., 7 Jly 1909
Reese, Henry J., 18 Sep 1913
Woytek, Jos., 6 Mar 1915
Buchanek, Beulah, 22 Jly 1918
Pesch, Beulah, 16 Dec 1920
SWEET
HOME (Lavaca)
Patton, Alfred G., 14 Jly 1852
Tippett, Homer M., 5 Oct 1858
York, Jas. A., 6 Aug 1859
York, J. A., 12 Jly 1861 (CSA)
Richardson, Reuben E., 8 Jan
1866
Cook, Egbert S., 9 Feb 1870
Foster, Clement F., 1 Apr 1870
West, Washington, 1 Apr 1879
Saunder Jr., Rich'd. C., 27 Dec
1886
Stacy, Wm. T., 13 Feb 1889
Nichols, Clay, 28 May 1891
Nichols, Wm. A., 16 Feb 1895
Patton, Fred G., 13 Jan 1898
Kuenstler, Ernst H., 24 Jan 1903
Ebner, Wm. B., 28 Nov 1914
Valenta, Ignatius E., 20 Jly
1928
Valenta, Jos. M., 7 May 1929
TOMMIE
(Lavaca)
Tucker, Thos. L., 29 Jan 1890
(C)
Brown, Barnard, 25 Mar 1891
Discontinued 6 Dec 1892; papers
to Hallettsville
VIENNA
(Lavaca)
Milby, Benj., 21 Jly 1873
Laughter, Jas. V., 29 Jly 1875
Whitfield, John A., 7 Apr 1876
Laughter, Jas. V., 21 Sep 1876
Discontinued 20 Jan 1879
(Re-established) Mixon, John
O., 16 Feb 1885
Discontinued 15 Dec 1905; mail
to Hallettsville
(Order rescinded 7 Dec 1905)
Teltschick, Louis, 7 Dec 1905
Discontinued 31 Jly 1915; mail
to Hallettsville
WELLERSBURGH (Lavaca)
Weller Jr., Aug., 23 Jan 1882
Weller, Aug. A., 20 Feb 1882
Discontinued 27 Oct 1887; papers
to Oakland, Colorado Co.
WIED
(Lavaca)
Kruse, Wm., 28 Dec 1889 (C)
Mennike, Wm., 25 Oct 1893
Kallus, Alois J., 14 Dec 1895
Discontinued 15 Mar 1906; mail
to Hallettsville
WILLIAMSBURGH (Lavaca) (see also PETERSBURG)
Williams, John, 21 Apr 1876
Discontinued 28 Feb 1910; mail
to Hallettsville
WITTING
(Lavaca)
Gihrels, Fritz, 12 Apr 1880
Garbade, Dietrich, 20 Apr 1886
Brunkenhoefer, Henry F., 27 Aug
1900
Buske, Henry, 15 Mar 1902
Stulken, Rudolph H., 14 Sep 1905
Oster, Wm., 22 Mar 1907 (Declined)
(Appointment rescinded 25 Apr
1907)
Stulken, Rudolph H., 14 Sep 1905
Discontinued 15 Aug 1908; mail
to Moulton
WOOD
PORT (Victoria, Jackson,
Lavaca, Victoria)
[Apparently re-established]
Alexander, Matt W., 23 Feb 1859
To Victoria
County
WORTHING
(Lavaca)
Worthing, Fabian A., 12 Apr 1882
Orsack, Jos., 7 Jly 1882
Cg'd to ORSACK, 6 Dec 1882
[Apparently re-established as
WORTHING]
Worthing, Fabian A., 29 Apr 1892
Kutach, Louis W., 26 Apr 1898
Discontinued 7 Mar 1899; papers
to Wied
(Re-established) Janak, Anton,
7 Mar 1900
Kutach, Jos. A., 6 Jly 1901
Discontinued 15 Mar 1906; mail
to Hallettsville
YOAKUM
(DeWitt, Lavaca) (see also CONROY,
DeWitt Co.)
Woodward, Thos. P., 21 Jly 1917
Hill, Thos. J., 10 Feb 1922
Wendtland, Perry, 25 Feb 1931
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