In the English colonies of America before 1639, the postal services that did exist were supplied by private enterprises. Until 1774, each colony provided for a local service under the direction of the English crown. Benjamin Franklin was dismissed from the Deputy Postmaster Generalship and the postal service was never connected to the British Government after 1774.
After 1775 the colonies combined their postal efforts and the Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin as Post Master General. On November 25, 1814 the Woodville Post Office was established with John Wood as Post Master. The office continued under this name until and Post Master for 12 years. |
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On February 25, 1827, the town name was changed to Danville, with David M. Anglin as the Post Master. Anglin only held the office for one year.
It was announced in December of 1833 by the General Post Office that the following year The Murfreesborough Stage Rote from McMinnville, via, Danville, Readyville, Murfreesborough, Jefferson, Mount View to Nashville was to be discontinued or partially suspended.
On April 4, 1834 Alexander Smith was appointed Post Master of Mechanicsville.
In April of 1836 a new post office was established by the name of Pendleton with J. Pendleton, Esq. as Post Master.
On February 15, 1837 the Bradyville Post Office was established. That April 12th Charles Ready was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
On February 1, 1838 Elihu C. Jobe was appointed Post Master of Mechanicsville.
June of 1838 it was announced that improvements had been made by the contractor for the carrying of the United States Mail from Nashville via Murfreesboro, Woodbury, McMinnville and Sparta to Knoxville, and also from Huntsville through Winchester and McMinnville to Knoxville. The stage was to leave Nashville at 8 o'clock in the morning and arrive at Readyville at 7 p.m. the next day to Sparta by 7 p.m.
April 16, 1840 George Brandon was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
In June of 1841 a new post office was established at Bates' old stand, by the name of Clear Mount with Samuel Edmondson as Post Master. On June 5th Charles Ready, Sr. was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
Henry D. McBroom was appointed and took charge in Woodbury on February 28, 1828 and held the office for eight years when the name was changed to Woodbury. He held the office until February 13, 1845.
During all this time and for many years afterwards the office was carried on with but little mail. The mail was called and handed out to the patrons as they answered to their names, otherwise it was placed in boxes, or "pigeon holes," to await their arrival. No canceling stamp was used in those days, and the date and cancellation of letters was all done by the Post Master with pen and ink.
William Bates took charge in Woodbury on February 13, 1845 and held the office for 2.5 years. In September of that year Robert W. Brandon was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
In 1847 postage stamps were introduced but did not come into general use until 1855. Prior to that, a folded note or legal paper, sealed with a wax and addressed on the outside, was carried in the pocket or saddlebag of a friend or traveler.
On February 29, 1848 John H. Wood was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
In 1850 David Patton was the Post Master of Bradyville and Barnabas L. Johnson the Post Master for Mechanicsville. In December of that year A.N. Fisher became the first Post Master of Auburn.
Benjamin Fugitt was next and was appointed at Woodbury until February 21, 1850.
Andrew J. Wood was then appointed and held the office at Woodbury until April 21, 1851. In was on July 28th of that year that Hugh L. Thompson was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
On May 18, 1852 John H. Wood was again appointed Post Master of Readyville.
In March of 1854 Route # 9478 went from Smithville, by Mechanicsville, to Woodbury and back once a week. It would leave Smithville on Wednesdays at 5 a.m. and arrive in Woodbury by 12 p.m.; then leave Woodbury on Wednesday at 1 p.m. and arrive in Smithville by 8 p.m. On June 27th of that year Jesse R. Ferrill was appointed Post Master at Readyville.
On July 27, 1855 James M. Dill was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
On January 18, 1856 Thomas S. Peay was appointed Post Master of Readyville.On February 19th of that year R.H. Mason was appointed Post Master of Auburn. On December 2nd of that year John F. Weedon was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
On December 22, 1857 Jonathan W. Nichol was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
By March of 1858 all letters directed to places within the United States, including Californai, must be prepaid by stamped for the following rates: For any distance less than 3000 miles 3 cents for each half ounce. For any distance exceeding 3000 miles, 10 cents for each half ounce. Letters to Canada, 10 cents per half ounce, prepayments optional. Letters to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 24 cents pr half ounce, prepayment optional. Weekly newspapers whthin the county free; within the State 3 1/4 cents per quarter, beyond the State 6 1/2 per quarter in advance.
On February 1, 1860 Benjamin F. Odom was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
In 1862 the Post Master informed the public that by the Regulations of the Post Office Department, under the acts of Congress the following would apply:
1. The prepayment of drop letters is no longer optional, but all such letters not prepaid by stamps, are sent promptly to the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
2. The law requiring notice to be given of unpaid letters is repealed. Postmasters are directed to return to the Dead Letter Office "all letters held for postage, or attempted to be sent with stamps previously used, or stamps cut from stamped envelopes, and unpaid letters for foreign countries on which prepayment is required."
3. Letters to which the old stamps have been affixed, and letters enclosed in envelopes bearing the old stamp, are treated like any other unpaid letters.
4. Letters from soldiers may go forward without prepayment (the postage to be collected at the office of delivery), provided that each letter shall be endorsed "Soldier's Letter," and such endorsement signed by a field or staff officer, or "detached posts or hospitals, it may be signed by the chaplain or surgeon." But letters to Soldiers, not being from soldiers and so endorsed, must be prepaid as other letters.
5. It is not advisable to send registered and valuable letters to soldiers in the field by mail. Every Post Master is required by law to hold registered letters until they are receipted for by a person authorized to receive them. They cannot be sent out in military mails, by which soldiers usually receive their letters.
6. Unpaid letters cannot be sent out in military mails, until the postage is paid at the office to which they are charged on the way-bill, unless the Post Master shall lose the postage himself. Letters to soldiers should be prepaid, whether from soldiers or other persons. The number of unpaid and partially paid letters which arrive daily at the Nashville Post Office, is too great to be turned into the military mails without payment of postage.
7. Officers who endorse "Official Business" on their letters, are informed that such endorsement does not entitle their letters to pass through the mails free of postage; and such letters cannot be transferred to the military mails without the postage being paid.
On November 11, 1865 William R. Campbell was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
On September 25, 1866 Beverly R. Bivens was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
On October 1, 1867 Abel McBroom was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
July 18, 1868 the Auburn Post Office was discontinued. It was reopened on November 30, 1868. Thomas J. Jetton was appointed as Post Master.
On April 27, 1871 John J. Whirten was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
On June 7, 1872 Bird B. Smith was appointed Post Master in Readyville. In October of 1872 the post office in Auburn had been discontinued. In September of that year the Auburn Post Office was discontinued and reopened once again on October 16th with James C. McAdoo as Post Master.
In November of 1873 Route # 19223 ran from Murfreesboro, by Readyville, Woodbury, Leoni and Clearmont to McMinnville, 41 miles and back, twice a week. It would leave Murfreesboro Tuesday and Thursday on arrival of mail train from Nashville Arrive at McMinnville in 12 hours; Leave McMinnville Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m.; then arrive in Murfreesboro in time to connect with the mail train for Nashville.
Route # 19224 would leave from Readyville to Bradyville, 7 miles and back, once a week. Then leave Readyville on Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. and arrive at Bradyville by 6:30 p.m.; leave Bradyville Thursday at 12 p.m. and arrive back at Readyville by 3 p.m.
On January 26, 1876 William F. Holmes was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
At the beginning of 1879 under the post-route bill that had passed the House the route from Woodbury via Short Mountain to Smithville was ordered.
On January 17, 1881 the Gassaway Post Office was established.
In May of 1883 the mail route between McMinnville and Woodbury was reversed and would return on Wednesdays and Fridays.
William Barton took charge on that date and held the office in Woodbury until July 8, 1885.
Elijah Stephens then served a term of 17 years from July 8, 1885 until August 18, 1882 in Woodbury.
Gentry S. Smith would follow Elijah Stephens in Woodbury until November 30, 1885.
In 1886 William F. Holmes was appointed Post Master in Readyville.
On November 11, 1887 James T. Carter was appointed Post Master at Auburn.
Robert H. Preston would be the next Post Master in Woodbury, appointed until May 2, 1889 when Mr. Gentry S. Smith would be appointed again.
The office by this time had gotten well into politics and a Democrat or Republican conducted the office, according to the politics of the administration at Washington.
In 1890 Samuel Bryson was appointed Post Master in Cason.
Following Mr. Smith's second term, Walter Hoodenply was appointed to Woodbury and took charge.
In 1892 William R. Davenport was appointed Post Master in Cason.
On April 14, 1893 Giles H. McBroom was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
In March of 1894 Joseph J. Bryson was appointed Post Master in Brysonville. That August 28th, Claude D. Odom was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
It was in July of 1896 that Willie Featherstone was captured in Adum, Kentucky and brought back by the Deputy United States Marshall J.W. Stead. The alleged crime was committed last February in Cannon County, where it was claimed the boy drew a pistol on the mail carrier, Homer Nichols, and attempted to take the mail from him. Feathersonte was arrested and released on bond. He afterwards skipped the county, and was rearrested at the instance of his bondsman. The boy had claimed that he was employed as a mail carrier, but was discharged for being drunk. he met his successor and asked him to give him the mail bags. He positively denies that he attempted to take them from Nichols.
Joseph E. Miller would then be appointed in Woodbury on June 4, 1897. On October 7th of that year William R. Robinson was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
In 1899 Robert Bryson was Post Master in Brysonville until July when R.G. Bryon was appointed. James R. Jamison was appointed Post Master in Burt.
On May 31, 1901 the Auburn Post Office was discontinued.
In 1902 John D. Gibson was appointed Post Master in Brysonville.
In 1903 Robert Bryson was again appointed Post Master in Brysonville. In December of that year four free delivery rural routes had been recommended for Cannon County. It would give Cannon County its first free delivery. It was thought that when the electric car line was established through Cannon County that mail routes would be established on it.
March of 1904 the rural free delivery route from Petty's Gap to Woodbury was discontinued. In August of that year William F. Holmes was appointed Post Master in Readyville.
In September of 1905 the rural carriers appointed for Tennessee were Bradyville, Route 1, James Bush; John W. Lemmons, substitute; Route 2, Samuel M. Patton with James Coffey as substitute.
On August 5, 1907 Robert L. Shirley was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
In February of 1908 the Braxton Post Office was destroyed by fire. The store of Thompson & Co. was also burned. The losses were estimated at $1,600 with insurance of $8,000. The cause was unknown. That September 4th Oval E. Robinson was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
Andrew N. Brown as appointed to Woodbury on November 5, 1901 and held the office for three terms to July 25, 1913. It was during Mr. Brown's first administration that rural routes were established at Woodbury and combination lock boxes were put in.
On May 31, 1909 the Auburn Post Office was discontinued.
In December of 1912 the Post Masters were receiving instruction on parcel delivery. The first zone comprised of all of Davidson, Cheatham, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and Wilson counties. Bradyville, Braxon, Readyville and Woodbury were also included for Cannon County.
In 1913 A. B. Cook was appointed in Woodbury to succeed Mr. Brown at the end of nine years he was succeeded by Mrs. Masie Patterson on June 6, 1923.
In 1919 William G. Hollandsworth was appointed Post Master in Readyville. On November 22nd of that year the Auburn Post Office reopened. That November 22nd Jessie McKnight was appointed Post Master of Auburn. It was during this time that the Auburn Post Office was located in a small building in the yard beside the McKnight house. There was a grocery store in the front of the building with the post office being located in the back.
John E. Davenport followed in 1924 and then was reappointed for the next four years in Woodbury.
Mr. D.F. Winnett was then appointed with Assistant Postermaster Fred Ellegdge in Woodbury.
In May of 1934 Woodbury held the annual meeting of the Rural Letter Carriers' Association. It was to be presented at the Central High School auditorium. More than 500 visitors were expected to attend. Prominent speakers included Congressman J. Ridley Mitchell, Clifton J. Brown, of Franklin; Secretary of the National Letter Carriers' Association; J.J. Trammel, Smithville, President of the Letter Carriers' Association, with a reading by Miss Mary L. Barker of Readyville.
On September 18, 1936 Charley B. Stone was appointed with Assistant Post Master H.H. Smith in Woodbury.
April 30, 1955 Ira Ervin Davenport was appointed Post Master in Auburntown. The office was located to the side of the grocery store that he owned. It is now known as the Restaurant building and has been empty for years.
On June 30, 1959 Maggie L. Bell was appointed Post Master in Auburntown. The office was moved to it's current location.
The Gassaway Post Office was discontinued on April 27, 1973.
On November 23, 1974 Alfred Raines was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
On July 19, 1997 Joel R. Tidwell was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
On April 8, 2000 Ann L. Rowland-Mofield was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
On May 1, 2004 Gary W. Bolin was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
On May 28, 2005 Kellie L. Lolier was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
In 2009 Jerry Davis was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
In 2014 Pat Wood was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
It was announced in December of 1833 by the General Post Office that the following year The Murfreesborough Stage Rote from McMinnville, via, Danville, Readyville, Murfreesborough, Jefferson, Mount View to Nashville was to be discontinued or partially suspended.
On April 4, 1834 Alexander Smith was appointed Post Master of Mechanicsville.
In April of 1836 a new post office was established by the name of Pendleton with J. Pendleton, Esq. as Post Master.
On February 15, 1837 the Bradyville Post Office was established. That April 12th Charles Ready was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
On February 1, 1838 Elihu C. Jobe was appointed Post Master of Mechanicsville.
June of 1838 it was announced that improvements had been made by the contractor for the carrying of the United States Mail from Nashville via Murfreesboro, Woodbury, McMinnville and Sparta to Knoxville, and also from Huntsville through Winchester and McMinnville to Knoxville. The stage was to leave Nashville at 8 o'clock in the morning and arrive at Readyville at 7 p.m. the next day to Sparta by 7 p.m.
April 16, 1840 George Brandon was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
In June of 1841 a new post office was established at Bates' old stand, by the name of Clear Mount with Samuel Edmondson as Post Master. On June 5th Charles Ready, Sr. was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
Henry D. McBroom was appointed and took charge in Woodbury on February 28, 1828 and held the office for eight years when the name was changed to Woodbury. He held the office until February 13, 1845.
During all this time and for many years afterwards the office was carried on with but little mail. The mail was called and handed out to the patrons as they answered to their names, otherwise it was placed in boxes, or "pigeon holes," to await their arrival. No canceling stamp was used in those days, and the date and cancellation of letters was all done by the Post Master with pen and ink.
William Bates took charge in Woodbury on February 13, 1845 and held the office for 2.5 years. In September of that year Robert W. Brandon was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
In 1847 postage stamps were introduced but did not come into general use until 1855. Prior to that, a folded note or legal paper, sealed with a wax and addressed on the outside, was carried in the pocket or saddlebag of a friend or traveler.
On February 29, 1848 John H. Wood was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
In 1850 David Patton was the Post Master of Bradyville and Barnabas L. Johnson the Post Master for Mechanicsville. In December of that year A.N. Fisher became the first Post Master of Auburn.
Benjamin Fugitt was next and was appointed at Woodbury until February 21, 1850.
Andrew J. Wood was then appointed and held the office at Woodbury until April 21, 1851. In was on July 28th of that year that Hugh L. Thompson was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
On May 18, 1852 John H. Wood was again appointed Post Master of Readyville.
In March of 1854 Route # 9478 went from Smithville, by Mechanicsville, to Woodbury and back once a week. It would leave Smithville on Wednesdays at 5 a.m. and arrive in Woodbury by 12 p.m.; then leave Woodbury on Wednesday at 1 p.m. and arrive in Smithville by 8 p.m. On June 27th of that year Jesse R. Ferrill was appointed Post Master at Readyville.
On July 27, 1855 James M. Dill was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
On January 18, 1856 Thomas S. Peay was appointed Post Master of Readyville.On February 19th of that year R.H. Mason was appointed Post Master of Auburn. On December 2nd of that year John F. Weedon was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
On December 22, 1857 Jonathan W. Nichol was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
By March of 1858 all letters directed to places within the United States, including Californai, must be prepaid by stamped for the following rates: For any distance less than 3000 miles 3 cents for each half ounce. For any distance exceeding 3000 miles, 10 cents for each half ounce. Letters to Canada, 10 cents per half ounce, prepayments optional. Letters to England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, 24 cents pr half ounce, prepayment optional. Weekly newspapers whthin the county free; within the State 3 1/4 cents per quarter, beyond the State 6 1/2 per quarter in advance.
On February 1, 1860 Benjamin F. Odom was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
In 1862 the Post Master informed the public that by the Regulations of the Post Office Department, under the acts of Congress the following would apply:
1. The prepayment of drop letters is no longer optional, but all such letters not prepaid by stamps, are sent promptly to the Dead Letter Office at Washington.
2. The law requiring notice to be given of unpaid letters is repealed. Postmasters are directed to return to the Dead Letter Office "all letters held for postage, or attempted to be sent with stamps previously used, or stamps cut from stamped envelopes, and unpaid letters for foreign countries on which prepayment is required."
3. Letters to which the old stamps have been affixed, and letters enclosed in envelopes bearing the old stamp, are treated like any other unpaid letters.
4. Letters from soldiers may go forward without prepayment (the postage to be collected at the office of delivery), provided that each letter shall be endorsed "Soldier's Letter," and such endorsement signed by a field or staff officer, or "detached posts or hospitals, it may be signed by the chaplain or surgeon." But letters to Soldiers, not being from soldiers and so endorsed, must be prepaid as other letters.
5. It is not advisable to send registered and valuable letters to soldiers in the field by mail. Every Post Master is required by law to hold registered letters until they are receipted for by a person authorized to receive them. They cannot be sent out in military mails, by which soldiers usually receive their letters.
6. Unpaid letters cannot be sent out in military mails, until the postage is paid at the office to which they are charged on the way-bill, unless the Post Master shall lose the postage himself. Letters to soldiers should be prepaid, whether from soldiers or other persons. The number of unpaid and partially paid letters which arrive daily at the Nashville Post Office, is too great to be turned into the military mails without payment of postage.
7. Officers who endorse "Official Business" on their letters, are informed that such endorsement does not entitle their letters to pass through the mails free of postage; and such letters cannot be transferred to the military mails without the postage being paid.
On November 11, 1865 William R. Campbell was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
On September 25, 1866 Beverly R. Bivens was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
On October 1, 1867 Abel McBroom was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
July 18, 1868 the Auburn Post Office was discontinued. It was reopened on November 30, 1868. Thomas J. Jetton was appointed as Post Master.
On April 27, 1871 John J. Whirten was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
On June 7, 1872 Bird B. Smith was appointed Post Master in Readyville. In October of 1872 the post office in Auburn had been discontinued. In September of that year the Auburn Post Office was discontinued and reopened once again on October 16th with James C. McAdoo as Post Master.
In November of 1873 Route # 19223 ran from Murfreesboro, by Readyville, Woodbury, Leoni and Clearmont to McMinnville, 41 miles and back, twice a week. It would leave Murfreesboro Tuesday and Thursday on arrival of mail train from Nashville Arrive at McMinnville in 12 hours; Leave McMinnville Wednesday and Friday at 6 a.m.; then arrive in Murfreesboro in time to connect with the mail train for Nashville.
Route # 19224 would leave from Readyville to Bradyville, 7 miles and back, once a week. Then leave Readyville on Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. and arrive at Bradyville by 6:30 p.m.; leave Bradyville Thursday at 12 p.m. and arrive back at Readyville by 3 p.m.
On January 26, 1876 William F. Holmes was appointed Post Master of Readyville.
At the beginning of 1879 under the post-route bill that had passed the House the route from Woodbury via Short Mountain to Smithville was ordered.
On January 17, 1881 the Gassaway Post Office was established.
In May of 1883 the mail route between McMinnville and Woodbury was reversed and would return on Wednesdays and Fridays.
William Barton took charge on that date and held the office in Woodbury until July 8, 1885.
Elijah Stephens then served a term of 17 years from July 8, 1885 until August 18, 1882 in Woodbury.
Gentry S. Smith would follow Elijah Stephens in Woodbury until November 30, 1885.
In 1886 William F. Holmes was appointed Post Master in Readyville.
On November 11, 1887 James T. Carter was appointed Post Master at Auburn.
Robert H. Preston would be the next Post Master in Woodbury, appointed until May 2, 1889 when Mr. Gentry S. Smith would be appointed again.
The office by this time had gotten well into politics and a Democrat or Republican conducted the office, according to the politics of the administration at Washington.
In 1890 Samuel Bryson was appointed Post Master in Cason.
Following Mr. Smith's second term, Walter Hoodenply was appointed to Woodbury and took charge.
In 1892 William R. Davenport was appointed Post Master in Cason.
On April 14, 1893 Giles H. McBroom was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
In March of 1894 Joseph J. Bryson was appointed Post Master in Brysonville. That August 28th, Claude D. Odom was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
It was in July of 1896 that Willie Featherstone was captured in Adum, Kentucky and brought back by the Deputy United States Marshall J.W. Stead. The alleged crime was committed last February in Cannon County, where it was claimed the boy drew a pistol on the mail carrier, Homer Nichols, and attempted to take the mail from him. Feathersonte was arrested and released on bond. He afterwards skipped the county, and was rearrested at the instance of his bondsman. The boy had claimed that he was employed as a mail carrier, but was discharged for being drunk. he met his successor and asked him to give him the mail bags. He positively denies that he attempted to take them from Nichols.
Joseph E. Miller would then be appointed in Woodbury on June 4, 1897. On October 7th of that year William R. Robinson was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
In 1899 Robert Bryson was Post Master in Brysonville until July when R.G. Bryon was appointed. James R. Jamison was appointed Post Master in Burt.
On May 31, 1901 the Auburn Post Office was discontinued.
In 1902 John D. Gibson was appointed Post Master in Brysonville.
In 1903 Robert Bryson was again appointed Post Master in Brysonville. In December of that year four free delivery rural routes had been recommended for Cannon County. It would give Cannon County its first free delivery. It was thought that when the electric car line was established through Cannon County that mail routes would be established on it.
March of 1904 the rural free delivery route from Petty's Gap to Woodbury was discontinued. In August of that year William F. Holmes was appointed Post Master in Readyville.
In September of 1905 the rural carriers appointed for Tennessee were Bradyville, Route 1, James Bush; John W. Lemmons, substitute; Route 2, Samuel M. Patton with James Coffey as substitute.
On August 5, 1907 Robert L. Shirley was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
In February of 1908 the Braxton Post Office was destroyed by fire. The store of Thompson & Co. was also burned. The losses were estimated at $1,600 with insurance of $8,000. The cause was unknown. That September 4th Oval E. Robinson was appointed Post Master of Auburn.
Andrew N. Brown as appointed to Woodbury on November 5, 1901 and held the office for three terms to July 25, 1913. It was during Mr. Brown's first administration that rural routes were established at Woodbury and combination lock boxes were put in.
On May 31, 1909 the Auburn Post Office was discontinued.
In December of 1912 the Post Masters were receiving instruction on parcel delivery. The first zone comprised of all of Davidson, Cheatham, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson and Wilson counties. Bradyville, Braxon, Readyville and Woodbury were also included for Cannon County.
In 1913 A. B. Cook was appointed in Woodbury to succeed Mr. Brown at the end of nine years he was succeeded by Mrs. Masie Patterson on June 6, 1923.
In 1919 William G. Hollandsworth was appointed Post Master in Readyville. On November 22nd of that year the Auburn Post Office reopened. That November 22nd Jessie McKnight was appointed Post Master of Auburn. It was during this time that the Auburn Post Office was located in a small building in the yard beside the McKnight house. There was a grocery store in the front of the building with the post office being located in the back.
John E. Davenport followed in 1924 and then was reappointed for the next four years in Woodbury.
Mr. D.F. Winnett was then appointed with Assistant Postermaster Fred Ellegdge in Woodbury.
In May of 1934 Woodbury held the annual meeting of the Rural Letter Carriers' Association. It was to be presented at the Central High School auditorium. More than 500 visitors were expected to attend. Prominent speakers included Congressman J. Ridley Mitchell, Clifton J. Brown, of Franklin; Secretary of the National Letter Carriers' Association; J.J. Trammel, Smithville, President of the Letter Carriers' Association, with a reading by Miss Mary L. Barker of Readyville.
On September 18, 1936 Charley B. Stone was appointed with Assistant Post Master H.H. Smith in Woodbury.
April 30, 1955 Ira Ervin Davenport was appointed Post Master in Auburntown. The office was located to the side of the grocery store that he owned. It is now known as the Restaurant building and has been empty for years.
On June 30, 1959 Maggie L. Bell was appointed Post Master in Auburntown. The office was moved to it's current location.
The Gassaway Post Office was discontinued on April 27, 1973.
On November 23, 1974 Alfred Raines was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
On July 19, 1997 Joel R. Tidwell was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
On April 8, 2000 Ann L. Rowland-Mofield was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
On May 1, 2004 Gary W. Bolin was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
On May 28, 2005 Kellie L. Lolier was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
In 2009 Jerry Davis was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
In 2014 Pat Wood was appointed Post Master of Auburntown.
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1952 Postal Map
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