NARA page 577 · Record date: 1909
Post office location questionnaire
Office / subject as indexed: Marquess
Issued September 27; signed September 30, 1909 by J. E. Simpson. SW part of Reno District. Valley River 8 miles west; office on north side of Sandy Creek. Route noted as formerly star route 16629; supplied from Newburg Rural, 10 miles distant. Fellowsville 3¼ miles NE, Sinclair 3 miles SE. B. & O. track 10 miles north; county boundary 1¼ miles by air. Map on page 578.
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NARA page 578 · Record date: 1909
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Marquess
Reverse of page 577; date from questionnaire. Circular sketch shows roads toward Fellowsville NE and Sinclair SE, creek at the office, Valley River west and B. & O. Railroad 10 miles north. No separate date or signature.
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NARA page 579 · Record date: 1887
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Marquess
Alternate / proposed name: Marquess Mill
Issued May 13; signed June 11, 1887 by Julius C. Simpson; received June 23. Addressed to Isaac Marquess at Evansville; heading Marquess Mill, proposed name Marquess. Reno township; route 12173, Fellowsville–Sinclair, once weekly. Proposed site 3 miles west of route. Evansville 2½ miles away; Sinclair 3½ miles SE. Sandy Creek named; about 80 families served. Numerous amended route entries and marginal questions. Map on page 580.
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NARA page 580 · Record date: 1887
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Marquess
Alternate / proposed name: Marquess Mill
Reverse of page 579; received June 13, 1887, with another faint topography stamp. Sketch connects Raccoon/B. & O. Railroad, Evansville, Fellowsville, Marquess, Sinclair and Nestor in Barbour County (last name reading uncertain). Marginal instructions request answers to marked questions and a citizens' petition; marked returned for more information. Detail on page 581.
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NARA page 581 · Record date: 1887
Reverse detail / departmental instructions
Office / subject as indexed: Marquess
Alternate / proposed name: Marquess Mill
Detail of the lower portion of page 580, associated with the 1887 application. Handwritten instruction: Answer the questions, especially those marked thus X, and send petition of citizens. Partial map shows Sinclair and the Barbour County endpoint. No separate date.
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