Jacksonville

A post office was established at Drayton in Benton County, Alabama, on July 20, 1833. Its name was changed to Jacksonville on Aug. 6, 1834, and the county designation was changed to Calhoun on Jan. 29, 1858. The office was maintained by the Confederate Government from 1861 to 1865. Its postmasters and dates of appointment were James Lawson, July 20, 1833; John Lawson, May 30, 1834; John Lawson, Aug. 6, 1834; John D. Hoke, Sept. 9, 1836; Anderson Wilkins, July 1, 1841; Edward L. Woodward, Nov. 11, 1841; George Hoke, Nov. 2, 1842; John Y. Nisbet, Nov. 20, 1852; George H. Forney, July 7, 1857; James R. Slayton, June 1, 1860; Francis H. Goodwin, Oct. 10, 1860; William Alexander, Oct. 14, 1865; Isaac Frank, Nov. 3, 1865; A. J. Smith, June 20, 1867; Mrs. Juliana Streety, Jan. 9, 1868; Mrs. Mary Marion, Jan. 24, 1868; William C. Wynn, April 8, 1869; William P. Crook, Feb. 14, 1870; William T. Alexander, Jan. 26, 1871; John A. DeArman, April 9, 1874; William T. Alexander, Aug. 18, 1875; Joseph Frank, April 10, 1876; W. O. Hutchinson, June 22, 1876; Joseph B. Forney, March 3, 1879; J. M. Alexander, March 30, 1881; Gabriel B. Douthit, Jan. 15, 1886; Mrs. Adelia E. Frank, May 18, 1889; John Y. Henderson, June 17, 1895; Dora Crook, June 28, 1900; W. W. Battle, Sept. 3, 1912; Maude M. Battle, March 1, 1913; Ed G. Caldwell, May 20, 1913; Walter E. Porter, Sept. 21, 1921; Andrew J. Beard, March 18, 1922; J. Thomas Martin, April 9, 1934; Harry Y. Dempsey, Jr., Jan. 1, 1957.

Jacksonville, Alabama · United States