List of Known African-American Post Office Clerks, 1800s

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Post Office Clerk	City	State	From	To
Alexander, Allen	Mobile	AL	1877	1880
Braziel, Walter	Mobile	AL	1891	1911 or later
Taylor, William O.	Mobile	AL	1879	1880
Abercrombie, Nicholas E.	Montgomery	AL	by 1893	1911 or later
Harris, Charles Oscar	Montgomery	AL	1891	1911 or later
Taylor, Henry	Montgomery	AL	1879	1881
Wyman, Henry R.	Montgomery	AL	by 1893	1911 or later
Duke, Jesse C.^[2]	Selma	AL	by 1879	circa 1879
Garrett, Kizie W.	Little Rock	AR	1885	1885
Garrett, S. G.	Little Rock	AR	1883	1883
Henderson, Marion H.	Little Rock	AR	1883 9/1/1889	1885 1911 or later
Jordon/Jordan, Scipio A.^[3]	Little Rock	AR	1883	1883
Rector, James Elias	Little Rock	AR	1872	1885
Richmond, Augustus	Little Rock	AR	1883	1891
Boyd/Boyed, Charles M.	Denver	CO	1874	1881
Curry, John W.^[4]	Washington	DC	1868	4/20/1870
Bra(i)den, Robert J.	Jacksonville	FL	by 1891 by 1903	circa 1900 circa 1905
William(s), Willis	Jacksonville	FL	1880	1881
Hill, Duglas Y.	Palatka	FL	1880	1883
Papy, D. A./A. E.	Saint Augustine	FL	1879	1881
Johnson, Robert	Atlanta	GA	1869	12/1874
Rucker, Amos	Atlanta	GA	1875	1880
Barefield, William H.	Augusta	GA	1870	1883
Belcher, Algernon S.	Augusta	GA	1874	1891
Gardener, G. S.	Augusta	GA	1870	1881
Smith, George T.	Macon	GA	1877	1880
Cooper, Shem	Savannah	GA	1874	1881
Holmes, Henry	Savannah	GA	1868	1885
Toomer, Louis B.	Savannah	GA	1868	1890
Adams, George A.	Keokuk	IA	1879	1881
Burrow(s), Charles	Evansville	IN	1874	1880
Mobiley, Henry L.	Kansas City	KS	by 1893	1911 or later
Branch, John W.	Louisville	KY	by 1885	circa 1901
Evans, George W.^[5]	Louisville	KY	1874	1879
Harris, James R.	Louisville	KY	1877	1911 or later
Knight, George W.	Louisville	KY	1880	1881
Malone, Edward C.	Louisville	KY	by 1899	circa 1905
Singleton, Octavius	Louisville	KY	by 1899	circa 1900
DeLacy, Miss Mary E.	Alexandria	LA	1879	1880
Brazley, Louis	New Orleans	LA	1879	1881
Deslonde, Pierre G.	New Orleans	LA	1879	1880
Devizin/Devezen, George	New Orleans	LA	1879	1881
Johnson, Missouri	New Orleans	LA	1879	1881
Rey, Octave	New Orleans	LA	1879	1880
Hamilton, William F.	Shreveport	LA	1874	1881
Chapman, Charles E.	Boston	MA	1877	1880
Downing, Thomas	Boston	MA	1868	1911 or later
Dupree, William H.^[6]	Boston	MA	1875	1914
Fitzgerald, Margaret H.	Boston	MA	1874	1885
Gray, Ira Nell	Boston	MA	1868	1874
Nell, William C.	Boston	MA	1863	1873
Nott, Peter H.	Boston	MA	1874	1895
Peters, Henry P.	Boston	MA	1872	1911 or later
Smith, Burrill	Boston	MA	1866	1869
Thompson, Job B.	Boston	MA	1872	1883
Thompson, Lewis C.H.	Boston	MA	1871	1880
Trotter, James M.	Boston	MA	1866	1881
Watson, Thomas R.	Boston	MA	1863	1865
Chester, Thomas H.	Baltimore	MD	1872	1885
Grace, John E.	Baltimore	MD	1879	1880
Price, William W.	Detroit	MI	1879	1885
Thompson, Henry F.	Detroit	MI	1879	1911 or later
Claxton, Essex	Columbia	MO	1880	1881
Binford, James	Saint Louis	MO	1874	1880
Bradley, James F.	Saint Louis	MO	1880	1885
Collins, Albert	Saint Louis	MO	1873	1881
Crump, John K.^[7]	Saint Louis	MO	1875	1877
Davis, Frank	Saint Louis	MO	1877	1880
Goff, William Hy	Saint Louis	MO	1879	1911 or later
Goodall, Andrew	Saint Louis	MO	1875	1880
Sampson, Joseph A.	Saint Louis	MO	1877	1880
Murray, Phil H.	Saint Louis	MO	1877	1880
Smith, James Talbot	Saint Louis	MO	1877	1880
Fitzhugh, Eddie H.	Natchez	MS	1874	1881
Moore, John W.	Wilmington	NC	1870	1885
Murray, Stephen B.	Auburn	NY	1879	1911 or later
Barboza, Antero J.	New York	NY	1877	1880
Hill, Charles J.	New York	NY	1872	1880
Nelson, David F.	New York	NY	1877	1897
Smith, Charles C.	New York	NY	1877	1880
Mallory, Robert A.	Dayton	OH	1879	1881
Robison, Hilliard	Springfield	OH	1879	1881
Swayne, Charles D.	Springfield	OH	by 1883	1911 or later
Adger, Daniel P.	Philadelphia	PA	1872	1885
Rice, George E.	Newport	RI	1874	1881
Brown(e), R. C.	Charleston	SC	1880	1883
Clyde, John E.	Charleston	SC	1874	1881
Gripon, Herbert C.	Charleston	SC	by 1899	circa 1903
Hymes, Daniel E.	Charleston	SC	by 1899	1911 or later
Mushington, John A.	Charleston	SC	by 1891	circa 1903
Smith, Theodore A.	Charleston	SC	1870	1880
Wallace, Henry Andrew	Columbia	SC	1872	1883
Foxhall, William M.	Nashville	TN	1874	1885
Patton, Anthony	Nashville	TN	1869	1885
Patton, John Henry	Nashville	TN	1874	circa 1903
Walden, Henry W.	Galveston	TX	1877	1881
Oliver, James Henry	Petersburg	VA	1871	circa 1881
Austin, Henry	Richmond	VA	1880	1897
Bolling, Richard C.	Richmond	VA	1874	1907
Bowser, James H.	Richmond	VA	1873	1880
Brown, Andrew J.	Richmond	VA	by 1891	1911 or later
Brown, William C.	Richmond	VA	1881	1911 or later
Carter, Edward R.	Richmond	VA	by 1891	1911 or later
Crump, Josiah^[8]	Richmond	VA	1871	1887
Forrester, Clarence S.	Richmond	VA	by 1899	circa 1907
James, William H.	Richmond	VA	by 1891	circa 1903
Paul, Robert A.	Richmond	VA	by 1891	circa 1901
Roane, Peter	Richmond	VA	1870	1880
Wright, William T.	Richmond	VA	by 1891	1911 or later

[1] Listed here are Post Office clerks who were employed by the United States Post Office Department. Only clerks at the largest U.S. Post Offices were government employees. At most Post Offices, the postmaster privately hired clerks and assistants; records of privately-hired individuals were not kept by the Department.

[2] Jesse C. Duke later served in the Railway Mail Service.

[3] Scipio A. Jordon/Jordan later served as a letter carrier at the Little Rock Post Office.

[4] John W. Curry later served as a letter carrier at the Washington, D.C., Post Office.

[5] George W. Evans later served as a letter carrier at the Louisville Post Office.

[6] According to the April 29, 1894, issue of the Boston Daily Globe, William H. Dupree was the manager of Station A in the South End, and oversaw the work of 26 carriers and clerks. He was one of Boston’s highest-paid postal employees at the time.

[7] John K. Crump transferred to the Railway Mail Service in 1878.

[8] According to Eric Foner's Freedom's Lawmakers: A Directory of Black Officeholders during Reconstruction, Josiah Crump was head of the mailing division.

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