The following article is from The SouthSider: Local
History and Genealogy of Southside Virginia, Volume XVI,
Number 4, 1997.
The SouthSider reserves all publishing rights.
Permission granted by the editor, Gerald T. Gilliam, for use on the
VAGenWeb Project Charlotte County Web Site.
Charlotte County, Virginia
Post Offices 1794 - 1970
by Gerald Tate Gilliam
Abell / Jan. 1889 - Nov, 1906 / John E. Harimon first PM to
Brookneal [Campbell County]
Abilene / June 1894 changed name from County Line Cross
Roads / closed Nov. - Nov. 1914 / Closed April 1960
to Charlotte Court House [see also County Line Cross
Roads]
Aspen / est. Jan. 1909 / Edward L. Canada first PM / Dec.
1964 became a Rural Independent Station / open 1970
(")
Aspen Wall / Oct. 1841 - Sep. 1907 / Jessee Adkisson first
PM to Clarkton [Halifax County]
Baileyville / April 1883 - Nov, 1914 / Luke P. Bailey first
PM to Phenix
Barnesville / April 1866 - April 1969 / Lucas Boyden first
PM to Red Oak
Beatrice / May 1903 - March 1907 / Lula B. Holloway first
PM to Redoak
Beckettsville / Jan. 1871 - April 1874 / John C. Beckett
first PM
Capitola / Nov. 1902 - April 1904 / Harper R. Davis first
PM / to Charlotte Court House
Center View / est. Nov. 1875 / John L. Taylor first PM /
Jan. 1881 name changed to Westonville [see also
Westonville]
Charlotte Court House / est, 1794 / Andrew Harrison first
PM June 1874 name changed to Smithville / Oct, 1901
name returned to Charlotte Court House / open 1970
[see also Smithville]
Coles Ferry / Cub Creek changed its name to Coles Ferry
Jan. 1860 / closed April 1905 / to Clarkton [Halifax
County] [see also Cub Creek (#I)]
County Line Cross Roads / est. Sep. 1855 / Newton B.
Jeffress first PM / June 1894 changed it name to
Abilene [see also Abilene]
Cub Creek (#I) / est. Jan, 1835 / James Y. Buster first PM
/ Jan. 1860 changed its name to Coles Ferry [see also
Coles Ferry]
Cub Creek (#2) / name of Harrisburg changed to Cub Creek
June 1878 / closed June 1906 / to Charlotte Court
House [ see also Harrisburg]
Cullen/ formerly called Wardsfork changed Oct. 1909 to
Cullen active 1970 [see also Wardsfork]
Drakes Branch / est. Aug. 1853 / Stephen Bedford, Jr first
PM active 1970
Duprees / formerly Duprees Old Store and reopened as
Duprees in May 1881 /closed July 1918 / to Finneywood
(Mecklenburg County] [see also Duprees Old Store]
Duprees Old Store / est. Sep. 1837 / Thomas 1, Morriss
first PM closed Feb. 1881 and reopened May 1881 under
the new name of Duprees [see also Duprees]
Eureka Mills / March 1873 - May 1905 / William W. Watkins,
Jr. first PM / to Keysville
Fariston / April 1888 - Jan. 1907 / John B. Faris first PM
/ to Keysville
Fineywood / Feb. 1828 - June 1836 / Mack Good first PM
Formosa / Jan. 1898 - Oct. 1944 / Milton L. Dickinson first
PM to Randolph
Friend's Grove / June 1830 - Aug. 1851 / William Huntington
first PM
Giffgaff / July 1886 - Feb. 1915 / William R. Lipscomb
first PM to Randolph
Harrisburg / est. Oct. 1874 / Nathan H. Hamlett first PM /
name changed to Cub Creek June 1978 [see also Cub
Creek (42)]
Harvey's Store / est. June 1827 / Thomas Harvey first PM /
Jan. 1875 name changed to Madisonville (see also
Madisonville]
Haymond / April 1895 - Feb. 1897 / Henry B. Young first PM
to Smithville
Hillandale / Nov. 1885 - April 1904 / William S. Morton
first PM to Charlotte Court House
Hillcroft / Feb 1901 - Feb 1903 / Samuel C. Daniel first PM
/ to Tola
Hosmer / Dec. 1907 - Sep. 1929 / Lee R. Driskill first PM /
to Cullen
Howell's Ferry / April 1805 - 1813 / James Ferry first PM
Hugh / Nov. 1893 - May 1905 / William R. Lispcomb first PM
to Redoak
Keysville / est. Jan. 1816 / John Key first PM / closed
twice 1820 -May 1826; Nov. - Nov. 1853 / active 1970
Laconia / Feb. 1881 - May 1905 Augustus G. Klise first PM
to Redoak
Ligons / Nov. 1852 - Dec. 1852 George N. Rolls first PM
Lindward / April 1886 - Mar. 1914 / John E. Roberts first
PM to Chase City [Mecklenburg County]
Lula / Sep. 1878 - Nov. 1907 / Price L. Carey first PM / to
Drakes Branch
Madisonville / formerly Harvey's Store, changed Jan. 1875 /
closed Dec. 1964 / to Pamplin [Appomattox County]
[see also Harvey's Store]
Midland / March 1836 - March 1855 / William Lawson first PM
closed Jan. 1839 - Nov. 1843
Morton's Store / est. [not recorded] - 1809 / Charles
Morton appointed PM Oct. 1807
Mossing Ford/Mossingford / Oct. 1839 - March 1908 / Isaac
Overbey first PM / closed March 1846 - Jan. 1853 / to
Saxe
Ontario / April 1873 - Jan. 1968 / Homer 1. (or J.) Hall
first PM closed Jan. 1877 - May 1888 / to Drakes
Branch
Phenix / est. March 1909 / Luke P. Bailey first PM / active
1970
Priddyville / April 1883 - Sep. 1883 / W. J. Williamson
first PM to Mossing Ford
Randolph (#I) / Aug. 1872 - June 1877 / R.R. Roberts first
PM
Randolph (#2) / name changed from Talcott to Randolph Aug.
1881 / active 1970 [see also Talcott]
Reardon / June 1892 - Sep. 1904 /Lulie C. Snell first PM /
to Red House
Red House / est. Nov, 1800 / William Robinson first PM /
closed [date not recorded] - June 1825 / active 1970
Red Oak / name changed from Redoak [date not given] /
active 1970 [see also Redoak, Red Oak Grove]
Red Oak Grove / est. July 1839 / John Y. Richards first PM
Dec. 1894 name changed to Redoak [ see also Redoak,
Red Oak]
Redoak / Dec. 1894 name altered from Red Oak Grove [date
not given I changed to Red Oak [see also Red Oak, Red
Oak Grove]
Reeses / Nov, 1880 - Oct. 1905 / William E. Green first PM
closed March 1883 - Feb. 1885 / to Randolph
Ridgeway / formerly Rough Creek Church, changed to Ridgeway
Nov. 1844 / altered to Rough Creek Nov. 1849 [see
also Rough Creek, Rough Creek Church]
Roanoke Bridge / Feb. 1828 - July 1859 / James W. Douglass
first PM
Rolling Hill / Jan. 1858 - Aug. 1954 / Nathan B. Harvey
first PM / closed twice Dec. 1874 - July 1875-1 Feb
1878 - Feb. 1885 / to Madisonville
Rough Creek / changed from Ridgeway Nov. 1849 / closed Sep.
1866 - May 1872 / closed June 1909 / to Charlotte
Court House (see also Ridgeway, Rough Creek Church]
Rough Creek Church / est. [not recorded] / Claiborne
Barksdale, Jr. appointed PM July 1811 / changed to
Ridgeway Nov, 1844 [see also Ridgeway, Rough Creek]
Saxe / est. May 1889 / William F. Daniel first PM / active
1970
Shetland / Nov. 1901 - Mar. 1906 / Samuel S. Spencer first
PM to Saxe
Siddings / June 1909 - May 19 10 / C. W. Burton first PM /
to Brookneal [Campbell County]
Smithville / name changed from Charlotte Court House June
1874 / name restored to Charlotte Court House Oct.
1901 [ see also Charlotte Court House]
Stanton Hill / April 1816 - Oct. 1817 / Robert Hester first
PM
Stonesville / March 1834 - April 1840 / John Eubank first
PM
Talcott / est. June 1855 / Albin G. Saunders first PM /
name changed to Randolph Aug. 1881 [see also Randolph
(#2)]
Taro / May 1895 - Aug, 1911 / Henry C. Adams first PM / to
Hosmer
Terryville / Oct. 1887 - Jan. 1907 / Robert Lee Terry first
PM to Brookneal [Campbell County]
Tola / Nov. 1898 - Nov, 1914 / Thomas 1. (or J.) Childress
first PM / to Phenix
Tony [Tomy?] / April 1903 - Dec. 1903 / Alfred F. Fears
first PM / to Cub Creek
Tula / May 1889 - June 1890 / Laura C. Wilson first PM / to
Pamplin [Appomattox County]
Vincent Store / Sep. 1887 - Dec. 1913 / Richard F. Andrews
first PM / to Richmond [why mail was transferred to
Richmond was not explained.]
Wardsfork / est. April 1909 / J.W. Dickerson first PM /Oct
11)09 name changed to Cullen [ see also Cullen]
Wardsfork Mill / April 1878 - May 1906 / Elijah W. Harvey
first PM / to Charlotte Court House
Westonville / name changed from Center View Jan, 1881 /
closed Feb. 1991 / to Abbyville [Mecklenburg County]
Wheeler's Springs / March 1805 - Dec. 1841 / William
McKinney first PM
Wren / May 1894 - July 1953 / George T. Webb first PM / to
Phenix
Wylliesburg/Wylliesburgh / est. [not shown] / Hugh Wyllie
appointed PM Oct. 1800 / July 1891 name changed from
Wylliesburgh to Wylliesburg / active 1970
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