Shepherdstown PO, 1 April 1839

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Letters Remaining at Local Post Offices

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Shepherdstown PO, 1 April 1839

Date Published: April 11, 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

  • William Avice Avice, William

B

  • Benjamin T Beans Beans, Benjamin T
  • Conard Billmyer Billmyer, Conard
  • David Billmyer Billmyer, David
  • Solomon Bilmyer Bilmyer, Solomon
  • Hellen K Blackford Blackford, Hellen K
  • William J Blackford Blackford, William J
  • Andrew J Blakney Blakney, Andrew J
  • William Bowen Bowen, William
  • James W Bramhall Bramhall, James W
  • Henry T Briscoe Briscoe, Henry T
  • Sarah B Bryan Bryan, Sarah B
  • Moses W Burr Burr, Moses W
  • Henry Byers Byers, Henry
  • Jacob Byers Byers, Jacob

C

  • John Campbell Campbell, John
  • Washington Carter Carter, Washington
  • Elizabeth Comegys Comegys, Elizabeth
  • Polly Cook Cook, Polly

D

  • Maria Davis Davis, Maria
  • John Drill Drill, John
  • Richard Duffield Duffield, Richard
  • Valentine Dust Dust, Valentine

E

  • Daniel Entler Entler, Daniel
  • Joseph Entler Entler, Joseph

F

  • William Freeze Freeze, William
  • Thomas Friddle Friddle, Thomas

G

  • Henry Grieb Grieb, Henry

H

  • Benjamin Hoffman Hoffman, Benjamin

J

  • Peter Joy Joy, Peter

K

  • S H Kerpinger Kerpinger, S H
  • Henry Klod Klod, Henry
  • Joseph Kuss Kuss, Joseph

L

  • Walter Laidland Laidland, Walter
  • Jacob Lapp Lapp, Jacob
  • Robert Lemen Lemen, Robert
  • Edward Lucas Lucas, Edward
  • Robert Lucas Lucas, Robert

M

  • Charles Moler Moler, Charles
  • James W Myers Myers, James W
  • Samuel Myers Myers, Samuel

P

  • Mary Ann Prater Prater, Mary Ann
  • George Price Price, George

R

  • Joseph Randall Randall, Joseph
  • John Ross Ross, John

S

  • Thomas Van Sant Sant, Thomas Van
  • Jacob Shank Shank, Jacob
  • Samuel Shank Shank, Samuel
  • Levi Shaw Shaw, Levi
  • James Shenner Shenner, James
  • William Shortt Shortt, William
  • Elizabeth Sigler Sigler, Elizabeth
  • James Stevens Stevens, James

T

  • Ann Tool Tool, Ann
  • Hannah Tucker Tucker, Hannah
  • Anthony Turner Turner, Anthony

W

  • John J Welsh Welsh, John J
  • Amanda Wigginton Wigginton, Amanda
  • Elizabeth Williamson Williamson, Elizabeth

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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