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NARA page 354 · Record date: 1866

Post office establishment application

Office / subject as indexed: Austen

Certified June 14, 1866; signature appears to read M. J. Shaffer. Neighboring postmaster James R. Smoot of Newburg certifies. Baltimore-Wheeling mail route; lists Tunnelton, Newburg, Fellowsville, Kingwood, Evansville and Cheat River.

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NARA page 355 · Record date: 1868

Topographer's questionnaire

Office / subject as indexed: Austen

Issued October 17; signed October 21, 1868. Lyon Township; Cheat River and Racoon Creek (source spelling). Lists Tunnelton, Newburg, Fellowsville, Kingwood, Reedsville and Evansville.

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