Shepherdstown PO, 1 January 1838

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Letters Remaining at Local Post Offices

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Shepherdstown PO, 1 January 1838

Date Published: January 11, 1838 Post Office: Shepherdstown Newspaper: Virginia Free Press Repository: Chronicling America Indexed Names: 57
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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 Adams Adams, Robert

B

  • Milia Banks Banks, Milia
  • Frederick Briscoe Briscoe, Frederick
  • Daniel Buckles Buckles, Daniel

C

  • George Clathen Clathen, George
  • Eli Conley Conley, Eli
  • John Cook Cook, John
  • Sarah Cross Cross, Sarah
  • John Crow Crow, John

D

  • Maria Davis Davis, Maria
  • Mary Ann Dawson Dawson, Mary Ann
  • John Drill Drill, John
  • Richard Duffield Duffield, Richard
  • Isaac Dust Dust, Isaac
  • Valentine Dust Dust, Valentine

F

  • William Flanagan Flanagan, William

G

  • Samuel Gater Gater, Samuel
  • John Gonter Gonter, John
  • William Grove Grove, William

H

  • John H Haner Haner, John H
  • Thomas Hazelwood Hazelwood, Thomas
  • John Hill Hill, John
  • William Honesty Honesty, William

L

  • Mary Lipe Lipe, Mary

M

  • William McMurran McMurran, William
  • Jacob S Miller Miller, Jacob S
  • Samuel Miller Miller, Samuel
  • William Miller Miller, William
  • Rev. William Monroe Monroe, William
  • John Muller Muller, John
  • James Musgrove Musgrove, James

N

  • John C Newman Newman, John C

P

  • Mary Prather Prather, Mary
  • George Price Price, George

R

  • Nelson Ray Ray, Nelson
  • Eliza Reinhart Reinhart, Eliza
  • James Rice Rice, James
  • Jacob Rippet Rippet, Jacob
  • William Robertson Robertson, William

S

  • David Seyater Seyater, David
  • Michael Shew Shew, Michael
  • Abraham Snyder Snyder, Abraham
  • Welcome Sprinkle Sprinkle, Welcome
  • Jacob Staley Staley, Jacob
  • John Stephens Stephens, John
  • Isaac Strider Strider, Isaac

T

  • James Taylor Taylor, James
  • Mary Ann Tritch Tritch, Mary Ann

U

  • William Unseld Unseld, William

V

  • Jacob Vandoren Vandoren, Jacob
  • Elizabeth Veal Veal, Elizabeth

W

  • Margaret Walker Walker, Margaret
  • Mary Williams Williams, Mary
  • John Wise Wise, John
  • John B Woltz Woltz, John B
  • John Wormaldorff Wormaldorff, John

Z

  • John Zigler Zigler, John

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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