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THE POSTAL HISTORY OF HANCOCK COUNTY
By Broox Sledge Mocon, Miss.
of 5 i lave exli i or another in the territory now 1 or formerly composing Hancock I county. (NOTE: the statement’ ' referring to any territory FORMERLY occupied by Han-aock county only DURING the time the area was ACTUALLY ■'*A_PART OF Hancock. For the territory PRESENTLY occupied by Hancock this record la complete from 1832 through < 1929.' Much is also Included prior to 1832, bur I do not con- / tend that the record is complete j prior to 1832. I believe this to I be true, but cannot say with ’ certainty.
The following list of post offices is taken from the fede- j rml archives' and contains the
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I history buff *
j	Broox Sledge was	born in L
I Memphis, Tenn., 48 years ago .. worked in country	print-
offices at New	Albany,
totoc, Eupora and Macon 15 years—until 1958. Since ‘ ithen he has been a window clerk -at the U. S, Postoffice in Ma- 1 t con and his avocation is local,1 ' regional and Mississippi his-,.
1 tory.
He has written	several ,
" county postal articles such as | this series on Hancock and is writing a history of Noxubee \ County. Locating old abandoned / ceqpeteries and recording them Is another interest.	i
We is married to the form-^ er Hazel May of Pontotoc,; has one daughter, Mrs. Perry1'; Galtber of Macon, and one grandson. He Is Sunday school i
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name of the post office, togeth- (Superintendent's df-'Macon's First j er with any change of name j BajjgstCJuirch
which may have occurred, the	----
names of all postmasters and their terms of office, and the date of discontinuance of t h e post office where applicable.
• Remember, the record only runs up to the year 1929. It does not include any changes which occurred beyond 1929 except in perhaps one or two rare instances.
I trust the reader will enjoy reading the list of names. Perhaps he will find names of old friends and ancestors.
Here is the list:
Louis J. Plernas, Apr. 18,1889 to May 5. 1894. Joseph E. Saucier, May 5, 1894 to May 27, 1898. Louis J. Piernas, May 27, 1898 to Mar. 3, 1911. Richard Mendes, Mar. 3, 1911 to Feb. 4, 19T5. Joseph E. Saucier, Feb. 4, 1915 to Dec. 19, 1923. Archibald R. Hart, Dec. 19, 1923 to Jan. 10, 1927. Harry C. Glover. Jan. 10 1927 (last
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beine changed to Bay St. Lotfi ’£IPLt0_F_eb\ ^i8.96.