Surratt Courier

[Rick Smith]

(06-18-2019 10:41 AM)mike86002000 Wrote:  

(06-18-2019 09:07 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Thanks once again, Steve. Any indication where in PG County Adams was living at the time of the 1860 Census? Wonder if he moved south to Allen's Fresh to assist in the blockade running? Any idea if there was a post office in his store/tavern/abode in Allen's Fresh? Becoming postmasters in Southern Maryland seemed to be a great way to assist the flow of Southern mail during the war...

I've read Port Tobacco newspapers from the mid 1800's. I remember a notice that the post office for "Allen's Fresh" wasn't actually located in Allen's Fresh, at one time. I assume it was at Newport, just over the hill. There was a P.O. at Allen's Fresh at other times.
Harbin had been post master at Bryantown, early in the Civil War. He was replaced for disloyalty. Indeed post masters with Southern sympathies were of great service to the Confederacy. They could insert letters from the South into the Northern postal system; and also divert newspaper subscriptions to Richmond. Post offices are indicated on the maps I mentioned earlier.
Mike

Thomas Harbin was also the census take for a portion of Prince George's County in 1860. Good networking for his future work.