DUNCAN McRAE HAS POST MASTER PROBLEMS, 1801
Still searching for a long lost relative? Maybe he was here! In the year 1801, Post Master, Duncan McRae's job must have been quite a monumental task. It appears that he was in charge of delivering the mail, not in one NC county, but several; Randolph, Duplin, Montgomery, Cumberland, Sampson, Robeson, Richmond, Also, the town of Fayetteville, Cross-Creek, Black River, Drowning Creek, Shoeheel, and others. I have studied these counties for many years, and several of the names listed here are not familiar to me. It is likely these people were in the Sandhills for a while, but moved on to "greener pastures" in the Southwest. The list is very informative, and could be very helpful if you find your ancestor here. Good luck! Contact: Myrtle Bridges The Raleigh Minerva (Raleigh, North Carolina, 28 Jul 1801, Tues. Pg. 4 A list of letters remaining in the Post Office Fayetteville, July 1, 1801, which if not taken up before the 1st of October next, will be sent to the General Post office as Dead Letters. *Captain Edward Armstrong, Duplin county; Donald Bain, teacher Fayetteville Academy; Malcom Buie, blacksmith, Cumberland county; John Brouer, Jun., to be left at Fayetteville; James Bennett, Sampson county, care of John Hall; William Carver, near Fayetteville; John Chambers, James Chambers & Henry Cannon, Duplin county; Norman Campbell, schoolmaster, near Fayetteville; Dr. Joshua Carman, Fayetteville (2 letters); Duncan Campbell, Robeson county; A. Munsicar Carol, Fayetteville, NC; William Cutts, Cumberland county; Duncan Crawford, care of Dugald Clark, near Cross-Creek; Dugald Clark Hammond Creek, near Cross-Creek (2) Allen Cameron, Mount-Pleasant, Cumberland county; Peter Culbreath, near Fayettville; Allen Davis, Fayetteville; William Dolby, Hector's Creek, Cumberland county; John Devane, Jr., Black River; Lewis Dickson, Duplin (2); Col. William Dickson, Duplin; John Egan, Fayetteville; John Geroin, care of John Vance, Fayetteville; Robert Gordon, Cumberland county; Owen Holmes, Sampson county (2); Thomas Hughes, merchant, Little River, NC; John Hays, preacher, near Fayetteville; George Hampton, Fayetteville; William Hamilton, Fayetteville; Cathrine Hamilton, widow of William McMillan, Cumberland; William James, Fayetteville (2) Lewis Johnson, Fayetteville; John Jackson, Cumberland county; Richard Ingram, Fayetteville; Charles King, Sampson county, near the Six Runs; William Keys, Dan Loat, Sampson county (2); Kenan Love, Duplin county, (2); Geo. Morrisey, Sampson county (2); Hector McMillan, Gum Swamp, Richmond county; Archibald McFadgen, Cumberland county; John Monroe, Cumberland county; John McInnis, Bull Branch, Robeson county; Hugh Miller, Fayetteville; Duncan McIntire, Richmond county; Hugh McColl, Old Fork, Richmond county; John McLean, schoolmaster, Cumberland county (2); John McLean, Richmond county, care of Mr. Thompson, Fayetteville; Donald McKinzie, wheelright, care of John Stewart, Black River; A. McKay, Fayetteville; Donald McLeran, Richmond county; Malcom McNeill, Esq., McFallsville; William McLendon, Fayetteville, (2); Mrs. Agnes McMillan, Shoeheel, care of John Lamon, Fayetteville; John Needham, Randolph county, care of Peter Perry, Fayetteville; Alexander Nicholson, saddler, Richmond county; Thomas Overton, Fayetteville, (2); Nathan Prince, Cumberland county; Edward Pennington, Montgomery county; J & B Reynold & Co., Merchants, Fayetteville; Angus Shaw, Sen., Cumberland county; Malcom Shaw, latter, Robeson county; Colca Stroud, Robert Scott, Sarah Staunton, Fayetteville; Archibald Sellers, near Drowning Creek, NC; William Stewart, Richmond county; John Torrans, Sampson county; William Tuton, Sampson county (2); John Toler, Cumberland county; John Thompson, James Tony, Matthew Watson, Fayetteville; John Williamson, merchant, Fayetteville, (4) James Murry, Duplin county; Arthur Murry, Solomon McCall, Shoeheel, Robeson county; Murdock McLennon, care of Duncan McLeran, Merchant, Fayetteville DUNCAN McRAE, P.M.
*Edward Armstrong b.1768, Spouse, Mary Sheffield, b.1778 m. 20 Aug 1791, Duplin county. Source: County Court Records at Kenansville, NC & Family History and U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
Wilmington Daily Dispatch (Wilmington, North Carolina) 14 Apr 1866, Sat Page 3 The Funeral Service will be said over the remains of Captain Edward H. Armstrong, Third N.C. Infantry, at Swann's Point, New Hanover county, on Monday morning at 10 o'clock. The relatives and friends of the deceased are invited to attend.
Duncan McRae has Postmaster Problems 1801
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