NARA page 554 · Record date: 1870
Location inquiry / attached map
Office / subject as indexed: Knotts Mills
Contract Office letter dated September 6, 1870 asks the Knotts Mills postmaster to mark the office on an attached tracing for the post office map. Tracing from a state map shows Knotts Mills, Rowlesburg, Hannahsville, Cheat River, Buffalo Creek, railroad and county line. No signed reply visible.
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NARA page 555 · Record date: 1870
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Knotts Mills
Issued July 12, 1870; signed 19 July by proposed postmaster James S. Knotts. Reno township; route 4221, Rowlesburg–St. George, twice weekly. Rowlesburg 5 miles north, Hannahsville nearly 8 miles south, Fellowsville 10 miles west. Office 3 miles west of Cheat River and immediately north of Buffalo Creek. Gives 27 families within 2 miles and 75 within half-distance to adjacent offices. Contractor's name is John Kalor. Map on page 556.
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NARA page 556 · Record date: 1870
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Knotts Mills
Associated with page 555; date from application. Faint sketch shows Knotts Mills, Rowlesburg, Fellowsville, Hannahsville and St. George, with Cheat River, Buffalo Creek, Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and mail route. Some labels faint; no separate date or signature.
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