Historical Documents
The Post Office
The Campbellville Post Office was established in 1851. On the 8th of January 1851 John Campbell was appointed the first Postmaster of Campbellville. Richard Bedford assisted Campbell in the application to the Postmaster General of the United States, Washington City for his appointment. Appointments were of a political nature and were submitted to the local represenative for submission. The Campbellville Post Office served its residents for sixty-nine years and ended September 15, 1920 when mail service was discontinued and thereafter was served out of Eldredsville.
Postmasters of Campbellville by date of appointment
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8 January 1851
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20 June 1857
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March 1862
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11 September 1865
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12 January 1871
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John Campbell
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Hiram Campbell
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John Campbell
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Jacob Snyder
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Benjamin Fawcett
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7 September 1873
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2 March 1876
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15 August 1879
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27 September 1881
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17 December 1883
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Robert B Warburton
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Wilson R Campbell
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Murray A Warburton
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William Fawcett
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Powell Norton
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1850 Road Petition
In 1850 a petition of Sundry inhabitants was filed at the Sullivam County Court House stating that they labored under great inconvenience for want of a public road from the State Road near Samuel Hunsinger's improvements, to John Campbell's mill seat location. (Today it would be from Shrimp Hill Rd. connecting to SR 4015 north to Maple Rd. to Bahl Hill Rd. to Lick Creek Rd. up to "Campbellville" at the junction of Kelly Hill Rd., Burke Rd. and Lick Creek Rd.) The petitions have been transcribed due to the illegibility of the original documents.
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