Shepherdstown PO, 1 January 1839

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Letters Remaining at Local Post Offices

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Shepherdstown PO, 1 January 1839

Date Published: January 10, 1839 Post Office: Shepherdstown Newspaper: Virginia Free Press Repository: Chronicling America Indexed Names: 59
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Indexed Names

Names Listed in This Notice

Names are shown as printed in the newspaper. Spelling variations, initials, titles, abbreviations, and newspaper errors are common.

A

  • Robert Arthur Arthur, Robert

B

  • Moses W Burr Burr, Moses W
  • Casandar Butt Butt, Casandar
  • Daniel Byers Byers, Daniel

C

  • John Cline Cline, John

D

  • Nathaniel Drenner Drenner, Nathaniel

E

  • Daniel Entler Entler, Daniel
  • Ellen P Entler Entler, Ellen P
  • George Entler Entler, George
  • Henry S Entler Entler, Henry S
  • Thomas Entler Entler, Thomas

F

  • James Former Former, James

G

  • Dennis Glassford Glassford, Dennis
  • William Grove Grove, William

H

  • C E Hargrave Hargrave, C E
  • William J Hensell Hensell, William J
  • Margaret E Hess Hess, Margaret E
  • Jacob Hileman Hileman, Jacob
  • James Hite Hite, James
  • Abraham Hoffman Hoffman, Abraham
  • Abraham Hursk Hursk, Abraham

K

  • Margaret Kearsley Kearsley, Margaret

L

  • Catharine Little Little, Catharine
  • Jane Little Little, Jane
  • Capt Edward Lucas Lucas, Edward
  • Lewis Lucas Lucas, Lewis

M

  • Mary Ann McCurney McCurney, Mary Ann
  • Jacob Miles Miles, Jacob
  • Charles Moler Moler, Charles
  • Hester L Moler Moler, Hester L
  • Jepths Morgan Morgan, Jepths
  • Mary W Morgan Morgan, Mary W
  • Miss S Morgan Morgan, S

N

  • Lewis Neill Neill, Lewis
  • Mary Neill Neill, Mary
  • James Nixon Nixon, James

O

  • A E Orme Orme, A E

P

  • Ellen M Palmer Palmer, Ellen M
  • George Price Price, George

Q

  • Dr. John Quigley Quigley, John

R

  • Isaac Richison Richison, Isaac
  • Jacob Rigstine Rigstine, Jacob
  • John C Ronemous Ronemous, John C

S

  • James Shepherd Shepherd, James
  • Oliver Showman Showman, Oliver
  • Henry Sister Sister, Henry
  • David Snively Snively, David
  • Edward C Southwood Southwood, Edward C
  • Margaret Staley Staley, Margaret
  • Solomon Staley Staley, Solomon
  • James Stevens Stevens, James

T

  • Mary Ann Tritch Tritch, Mary Ann

V

  • Jacob Vandoran Vandoran, Jacob
  • Elizabeth Veill Veill, Elizabeth

W

  • Jacob Welch Welch, Jacob
  • John Welch Welch, John
  • William Williamson Williamson, William
  • William Willson Willson, William
  • Philip Wintermeyer Wintermeyer, Philip

How to Use These Records

A letter remaining notice does not prove permanent residence, but it can place a person near a particular post office at a particular moment in time. For laborers, migrants, women, tenants, and others who appear only rarely in formal records, these newspaper lists may be one of the few surviving traces of their presence in the area.

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