2023 04 post officesDAVIE DOSSIER
Issued by
Davie County Historical and Genealogical Society
Mocksville,North Carolina
October 2023,Issue 4
Post Offices,1810-2023
Davie Dossier,October 2023 page 1
DAVIE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
President,Linda Leonard
Vice President,Marcia Phillips
Secretary,Rachel Nelson
Treasurer,Marie Craig
Dossier Editor,Marie Craig
Webmaster,Marie Craig
Websites for Davie County Research:
Our Website:https://sites.google.com/view/dchgs
Description of books and maps for sale:https://sites.google.com/view/dchgsbooksmaps
FamilySearch Wiki for Davie:
http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Davie_County%2C_North_Carolina
FamilySearch records for Davie:
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=191015&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%2
0States%2C%20North%20Carolina%2C%20Davie%22
Davie County GenWeb:http://ncgenweb.us/davie/
Davie County Public Library:https://www.daviecountync.gov/1162/Local-History-and-Genealogy
Genealogy data in newspapers,Bibles,Daniel Boone Family info,church history,and Flossie Martin records.
Back issues (1987-2020)and index of the Davie Dossier are online at
https://docs.daviecountync.gov/WebLink/Browse.aspx?id=183042&dbid=1&repo=DavieCounty&cr=1
FindAGrave for Davie County:
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/search?name=&locationId=county_1680&page=1#cem-2640813
Digital Davie:https://www.digitalnc.org/exhibits/digital-davie/
Cemeteries in Davie:http://cemeterycensus.com/nc/davie/
Map of cemeteries:https://cemeterycensus.com/cemgps2.htm?cnty=nc/davie/
CONFERENCES
National Genealogical Society:Family History Conference,Virginia:The Deep Roots of a Nation,was held in
Richmond,Virginia,31 May–3 June 2023,and Online at Home 2-3 June 2023.(NGS has merged with the Federation
of Genealogical Societies.)https://www.ngsgenealogy.org/conferences/
RootsTech:29 February -2 March 2024,online and at Salt Lake City.https://www.rootstech.org.Archived online.
North Carolina Genealogical Society has webinars on Wednesdays.https://www.ncgenealogy.org/webinars/
Davie Dossier,October 2023 page 2
A History of Davie County Post Offices as researched and compiled in 1952
by W.Henry Davis,postmaster at Fork Church
Mr.Davis had submitted this research to the newspaper in this scroll format.The
articles were then gleaned and included in the newspaper a few at a time.
1930 Census for Fulton:Henry W.Davis,49,living alone,owned his home,publisher,
owned his shop,financial worth was $100.
The August 7,1952 edition of Mocksville Enterprise was the beginning of several
articles detailing the various post offices in the Davie area.Several were begun when
we were still Rowan County.Here is the introduction:
“Davie County Post Offices”by W.Henry Davis:
“Probably more than half the people now living in Davie County do not know of the
arrangement of our mail service prior to the year 1900.Before that date every thickly
settled section of Davie had a post office.From about 1900 to 1906 the present Rural
Mail Service sprang up after which most of our post offices were discontinued.During
this writer ’s tenure of office at Fork,which included two periods of postmasterships,
totaling 16 years,I obtained a history of every post office that has enlisted in Davie
County.First I asked for the story of my own office,Fork,and then I continued to ask
for the histories of other offices until I had obtained a history of every one of them --36
post offices in all.”[There were six active post offices in Davie County:Mocksville,
Cooleemee,Advance,Cana,Farmington,and Fork,when he compiled this information
in 1952.]
While he was still doing research in 1947,Mr.Davis had the Davie Record publish an
article stating that he didn’t know where Neta Post Office was.L.L.Miller wrote a
response in the paper later:“Neta was on the road that turned east at that time at the
“Big Oak,”at Murchison and Redman line,on to Farmington by way of where B.C.
Teague now lives.Neta was located on the farm now owned by H.H.Hunter.Mrs.J.H.
Young was the postmistress.It was later moved near Wesley Chapel Church and name changed to Pino.Mr.Daniel
Eaton ran a store there and was postmaster.When Route 2 was established Pino was discontinued.”
Now,76 years later,that answer is not very handy.Too bad he didn’t give the latitude/longitude of the location.
This edition of the Dossier is composed of various collections of research about post offices in Davie County.The
spreadsheet lists the post offices alphabetically and attempts to locate the site of the more unfamiliar names.
Mr.Wall’s book,History of Davie County
Mr.Wall had included an abbreviated form of this data on pages 398 and 399 of his book History of Davie County.
Websites with Davie Post Office Information
This Website,https://www.carolana.com/NC/Towns/Davie_POs.htm,was also helpful.
NCPHS Journal:http://www.ncpostalhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/NCPHS_Journal-018-1986.pdf
Bicentennial Issue of Davie Enterprise-Record online at library site:
https://www.daviecountync.gov/1162/Local-History-and-Genealogy
But the most detailed and up-to-date Website was
http://www.ncpostalhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PostmarkCatalog_davie_county-20230401.pdf .
Davie Dossier,October 2023 page 3
I had first done a dumb-dumb and started compiling from several sources.When I finally searched the Internet
for Post Office Davie County,I realized somebody else had already compiled all this data in this last URL above.So I
duplicated a lot of effort.This site also has copies of their cancellation postmarks that you might enjoy seeing.So I took
my spreadsheet (which was too many pages for this newsletter)and created a new one that included the first postmaster,
closing date,and last postmaster.If you want to see all the postmasters,use the last link above.
Undated map source:
http://www.ncpostalhistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/PostmarkCatalog_davie_county-20230401.pdf
[The train came to Davie about 1890,so this map is after that date.]
SUMMARY SPREADSHEET OF POST OFFICES AND FIRST AND LAST POSTMASTERS
AND CLOSING DATES:
Post Office (PO)Postmaster (PM)
first and last PO and PM Began PO closed Notes
ADVANCE Enoch Hartman 6 February 1877 Still in operation in 2023
Cheryl R.Burleson 29 February 2020
Augusta John D.Hodges 1 August 1888 30 June 1902
Bend
Charlie G.
Swaringen 18 July 1901 31 May 1911 probably Yadkin Valley area
Bixby William T.Myers 26 July 1898
Joseph H.
Robertson 27 April 1920 15 March 1935
Calahaln Charles Anderson 8 December 1858
Nelson T.Anderson 22 March 1928 15 August 1932
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Cana James M.Cain 12 February 1875
Mrs.Ina M.Cain 13 March 1919 30 September 1954
Clarksville William O.Smith 23 January 1855
George J.Booe 7 July 1868 9 August 1869
COOLEEMEE John S.Lyon 9 February 1900 Still in operation in 2023
Michael Craig Mock 2 April 2005
Cornatzer Jacob Cornatzer 29 March 1892
Drury D.Bennett 9 September 1905 31 May 1932
County Line Andrew Griffin 21 February 1828 third PO in the area
Mary T.Lowery 8 October 1897 31 May 1906 was in Rowan County
Dulins William F.Summers 10 March 1887
Tomas F.Atkinson 22 May 1888 29 April 1905
Dutchman William C.Atkinson 1 June 1894 8 February 1898
Elbaville Lewis Bailey 15 August 1870 south of Advance on 601
Benton Orrell 21 October 1901 30 June 1902
Ephesus Milas A.Foster 10 May 1890 31 May 1906
Farmington George W.Johnson 1 May 1837 Fifth PO in Davie County
Elsie Clarence
James 12 May 1936 30 September 1954
Felix George L.Anderson 7 May 1886
probably in Clarksville or
Calahaln
James L.Frost 29 June 1889 15 May 1905
Florence Jilson A.Sheek 15 June 1877 17 April 1878
Fork Church John R.Williams,Sr.24 July 1876
??
Re-established 29 November
1913
William H.Davis 2 February 1937
Re-established 2 February
1937
Mrs.Sadie Rice 30 June 1948 31 January 1955
Fulton Joseph Hanes 14 December 1822 the second PO in the area
Milton Hobbs 21 October 1867
PO was discontinued,6
January 1873 and
re-established 30 January 1873
Sallie A.Hanes 4 May 1892 14 March 1896
Halls Ferry C.A.Hall 31 October 1878
Cornelius A.Hall 21 February 1900 30 June 1902
Holmans/Holman Henry C.Holman 13 March 1878
Jinnie Smoot 16 December 1890 30 April 1906
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Jerusalem Joseph W.Hodges 15 April 1850 Sixth PO in Davie County
Nannie M.Tate 6 September 1902 31 October 1902
Kappa Ann C.Ketchie 27 March 1883
Salena Ketchie 2 October 1895 15 May 1905
Kurfees J.L.Kurfees 22 March 1900 30 June 1902 between Kappa and Mocksville
Mock's Old Field Basil Gaither 17 March 1810 First post office
Alexander Nesbitt 7 March 1816
Abraham R.Jones 11 August 1820
Archibald G.Carter 9 August 1826
MOCKSVILLE Thomas McNeely 20 December 1836 Still in operation in 2023
Darla K.Prevette 9 May 2020
Nestor Enoch Jarvis 7 May 1886
Roberts Store,601/Eaton's
Church Rd.
Lula Green 15 September 1904 15 May 1905
Neta Hattie Young 9 January 1890 13 May 1892 near Wyo
Pino Daniel Eaton 9 July 1890
Daniel Eaton 28 September 1900 30 April 1906
Redland Mary J.Smith 29 March 1892
Sanford Smith 9 February 1899 29 September 1906
Selena;Bailey John M.Blount 21 October 1889 30 June 1902
Name changed to Bailey on 19
April 1890;used by Center
township
Sheffield Thos.M.Smith 1 February 1893 2 January 1907
Smith Grove Isham P.Ellis 26 March 1834 Fourth PO in the area
Enoch G.Clouse 15 August 1846
Discontinued on 28 August
1850 and re-established 5
September 1850
Sallie A.Osborne 31 July 1896 29 September 1906
Tennyson Bettie Hendrix 6 August 1891 in Jerusalem township
Mary M.Vernon 6 August 1898 31 May 1906
Wells John C.Harris 10 February 1899 at Cooleemee Junction
Dewitt Howard 27 July 1900 29 September 1900
Davie Dossier,October 2023 page 6
BOOKS,MAPS FOR SALE,postage and tax included;check to DCHGS,371 North Main St.,Mocksville NC 27028
Description of books and maps for Davie:https://sites.google.com/view/dchgsbooksmaps
Title Author Total Cost #Cost
Davie County.A Brief History,paperback James W.Wall,128 pages $6.50
The Boone Families in Davie County Wall,Howell Boone,Flossie Martin $8.00
Davie County Marriages 1836-1900 Nancy K.Murphy $25.00
Davie County Marriages 1901-1959 Nancy K.Murphy $25.00
Davie County Cemeteries,a 2-volume set D.C.Historical/Gen.Soc.$55.00
1850 Federal Census-Davie County Forsyth Genealogical Society $15.00
1860 Federal Census-Davie County Nancy K.Murphy and Everette Sain $20.00
1870 Federal Census-Davie County Nancy K.Murphy and Everette Sain $20.00
POSTCARDS OF DAVIE COUNTY SCENES,(set of 8)$2.50
Maps:Prices below,postage is $5,mailing tube is $2;example:all 4 maps cost $12
Lagle Land Grant Map,$2
Hughes Historical Map,1700's,drawn in 1977,$1
J.T.Alderman Map,1887,$1
Wilson F.Merrell Map,1928,$1
Davie County Heritage Book,cost is $45;Make check to Davie Co.Heritage Book.371 N.Main St.,Mocksville NC 27028
The Historic Architecture of Davie County,$13;History of Davie County,hardback,by James W.Wall,$13.
Make a check to Davie County Public Library.371 N.Main St.,Mocksville NC 27028
Davie County History Books by Marie Craig.Check to Marie Craig,139 Sterling Dr.,Mocksville NC 27028:
.History of Davie County Schools,318 pages,has photos,locations,longitude/latitude,names of students,and teachers.
There is an 18 page index of 3,222 names.318 pages.$43
.Davie County in World War One,670 biographies of Davie men and women who served,photographs,old letters,description
of military bases,and extensive index.400 pages.$45
.Davie County Veterans’Memorial,has lists of all war deaths,biographies and photos of WW2,Korean,Vietnam,and Beirut
Bombing deaths.Tom Ferebee’s talk at the dedication in 1987.190 pages.$33.
.Remembering Davie County Protection and Service Personnel,contains biographies of the five law enforcement personnel who
died on duty and also photos and descriptions of the monument erected in their memory.Paperback,14 pages.$17.
.Davie County in the Spanish-American War,biographies of the 15 men who served in this war and the Philippines.65 pages.$20
.Mary Ellen’s Diary,1924,the fictitious diary of a twelve year old girl in 1924 in Mocksville.Included are clippings and
illustrations to verify the events.Paperback.49 pages.$15.
.Composite Index of Davie County History Books.The indexes of 16 Davie County history books are combined.17,000 entries.
Order from:Lulu.com.Search for book title.
.Davie Doctors Born Before 1900,biographies of 79 doctors.Hardback,125 pages,$25.
.Davie Sheriffs,information about 30 sheriffs.Hardback,143 pages,$25.
Looking Back at Davie County II by Charles Crenshaw and Ron Smith.$45.Mail orders to Charles Crenshaw,
421 Park Avenue,Mocksville NC 27028
Davie County Mavericks,Four Men Who Changed History by Marcia Phillips,Daniel Boone,Hinton Helper,Thomas Ferebee,
and Peter Ney in Davie County.$25.Mail orders:Marcia Phillips,189 West Church Street,Mocksville NC 27028.
Historic Shallow Ford in Yadkin Valley,by Marcia Phillips.$30.same address.
Eatons Baptist Church Cemetery in Davie County,North Carolina by Pat Mason.A new book which lists all burials through
June 2020.Dates,obituaries and articles are included.$30.Pat Mason,295 Griffith Rd.,Advance NC 27006.
Davie Dossier,October 2023 page 7
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