Database
Letters Remaining at Local Post Offices
A searchable index of people named in nineteenth-century newspaper lists of unclaimed mail.

Source List
Shepherdstown PO, 30 June 1838
View Source ImageIndexed 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 Arthew Arthew, Robert
B
- William Bane Bane, William
- Lancelot Bell Bell, Lancelot
- Ann Berry Berry, Ann
- Col John Blackford Blackford, John
- Sarah D Bowen Bowen, Sarah D
- Nancy Bradshaw Bradshaw, Nancy
- Thomas Briscoe Briscoe, Thomas
- M Brown Brown, M
- William Butler Butler, William
C
- John Canell Canell, John
- Anderson Chapman Chapman, Anderson
- Isaiah Clayton Clayton, Isaiah
- John Cline Cline, John
D
- Adam Daub Daub, Adam
- Valentine Dust Dust, Valentine
E
- Mary Eaton Eaton, Mary
- James T Engle Engle, James T
- Catharine E Entler Entler, Catharine E
- George Entler Entler, George
F
- Jacob Folk Folk, Jacob
G
- Catharine Gonter Gonter, Catharine
H
- George Hawn Hawn, George
- Charles E Hill Hill, Charles E
- Sarah C Howell Howell, Sarah C
J
- Joseph Johnson Johnson, Joseph
- Sarah B Johnson Johnson, Sarah B
- John Jones Jones, John
K
- Joseph Keyes Keyes, Joseph
- Samuel H Keysinger Keysinger, Samuel H
- Arthur Knave Knave, Arthur
L
- C Letmate Letmate, C
- Kitty Little Little, Kitty
- Capt Edward Lucas Lucas, Edward
- Col Edward Lucas Lucas, Edward
- Col Robert Lucas Lucas, Robert
M
- William Marshall Marshall, William
- Rev Charles Martin Martin, Charles
- Francis McNames McNames, Francis
- mary Miller Miller, mary
- Solomon Miller Miller, Solomon
- William Miller Miller, William
- David Moore Moore, David
N
- Catharine Nourse Nourse, Catharine
O
- James Orndorff Orndorff, James
P
- Evalite S Perry Perry, Evalite S
- A M Powell Powell, A M
Q
- Dr. John Quigly Quigly, John
R
- Joseph Randall Randall, Joseph
- Thomas Rutherford Rutherford, Thomas
S
- Wenny Shelton Shelton, Wenny
- Conrad Shindler Shindler, Conrad
- Jacob Shough Shough, Jacob
- William Smith Smith, William
- Welcome Sprinkle Sprinkle, Welcome
- James Stevens Stevens, James
- John Stevens Stevens, John
- Susanna Summers Summers, Susanna
T
- Ann Tool Tool, Ann
- Mrs Tucker Tucker
W
- Frederick Walkerfield Walkerfield, Frederick
- William Wayne Wayne, William
- Jeremiah Wicks Wicks, Jeremiah
- Barbary Womaldorf Womaldorf, Barbary
Z
- Elizabeth Zigler Zigler, 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.

