NARA page 592 · Record date: 1872
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Mill Run
Issued May 1; signed May 29, 1872 by John Guthrie, proposed postmaster. Pleasant township; proposed office 2 miles south of Bruceton Mills–Somerfield route, twice-weekly service. Route would leave 1½ miles east of Brandonville and rejoin at Glade Farms. Glade Farms 3 miles NE, Brandonville 5 miles west. On Mill Run; Youghiogheny River named. Confluence railroad station 10 miles north. Village population 28; total to serve amended to 50. Map on page 593.
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NARA page 593 · Record date: 1872
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Mill Run
Reverse of page 592; year from application. Pleasant township sketch shows Mill Run, Glade Farms, Brandonville, Bruceton Mills, Markleysburg, Somerfield, Willey and Cranesville, roads and Youghiogheny River. Some labels faint. No separate date or signature.
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NARA page 594 · Record date: 1864
Post office establishment application
Office / subject as indexed: Mill Run
Signed March 26,1864, by A. J. Welch, proposed postmaster; faint handwriting. Pleasant township. Proposed office 6 miles south of route, leaving route at Brandonville; weekly service. Brandonville 6 miles west in additional notes; Bruceton Mills 7 miles west, Robinsons 5 miles north, Pineswamp apparently 8 miles south. Big Sandy 7 miles west; about 200 families to serve. Several names and amended distances faint. Map on page 595.
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NARA page 595 · Record date: 1864
Map / diagram
Office / subject as indexed: Mill Run
Associated with page 594; tentative year from application. Very faint sketch shows Mill Run, Glade Farms, Cranesville and Crab Orchard Road. Much of grid blank; small labels difficult to read. No separate date.
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NARA page 596 · Record date: 1858
Post office location correspondence
Office / subject as indexed: Mill Run
Inquiry dated October 5, 1858; year supported by reverse docket on page 597. Brandonville 6 miles west; Glade Farms 6 miles north and Greensburgh apparently 6 miles south. Small streams described as always passable. Signed Joel S. White, late postmaster, Mill Run, Virginia.
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NARA page 597 · Record date: 1858
Correspondence docket / reverse
Office / subject as indexed: Mill Run
Reverse of page 596. Docket dated October 21, 1858: Mill Run; postmaster gives location of office. Virginia and special-service notation. Remainder mostly blank.
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