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Crown Illustrated Provisional Censuses

This section contains censuses of Confederate postmasters’ provisionals. Not all provisionals are included, but the list continues to grow.

Several sections apply to all censuses. The user is encouraged to review these to obtain a good understanding of what information is contained in the censuses. These sections were included as part of the older censuses of individual towns and will be removed when a census is updated.

  • Census Basics
  • Introduction
  • Provenances
  • Source Abbreviations

If you have a census you would like to post or a correction/addition to report on an existing census contact Frank Crown

 

The provisional censuses are listed below by state and town.

Alabama
  • Autaugaville (v1.3)
  • Bridgeville (v1.2)
  • Courtland (v1.2)
  • Demopolis (v1.1)
  • Gainesville (v1.1)
  • Greensboro (v1.1)
  • Greenville (v1.6)
  • Grove Hill (v1.3)
  • Jacksonville (v1.2)
  • Livingston (v1.5)
  • Mobile – 2c covers (v1.4)
  • Mobile – 2c used (v1.0)
  • Montgomery – 2 & 5 cent values (v1.0)
  • Montgomery 10 cent values (v1.0)
  • Prattville (v1.0) (New 4 May 2025)
  • Selma (v2.0)
  • Talladega (v1.3)
  • Tuscumbia (v2.1)
  • Uniontown (v2.4)

Florida
  • Jacksonville (v1.2)
  • Lake City (v1.4)
  • Madison (v1.3)
  • Micanopy (v1.2)
  • New Smyrna (v1.3)
  • Pensacola (v1.3)
  • Quincy (v1.0)

Georgia
  • Albany (v1.5)
  • Athens (v3.1)
  • Atlanta 2c & 5c (v1.0)
  • Atlanta 10c (v1.0)
  • Columbus (v1.4)
  • Cuthbert (v1.0)
  • Dalton (v1.2)
  • Eatonton (v1.0)
  • Forsyth (v1.0)
  • Fort Valley (v1.0)
  • Griffin (v1.2)
  • Isabella (v1.1)
  • Kingston (v1.1)
  • Macon, 2c, 5c Plain and Floral Border (v2.2)
  • Macon, Large 5c (v1.2)
  • Macon Stampless Provisionals (v1.1)
  • Madison (v1.0)
  • Marietta (v1.0)
  • Milledgeville (v1.0)
  • Plains of Dura (v1.0)
  • Ringgold (v1.1)
  • Sandersville (v1.1)
  • Savannah (v2.1)
  • Sparta (v1.0)
  • Talbotton (v1.2)
  • Thomasville (v1.3) (Updated 3 May 2025)
  • Thomasville (v1.2)
  • Valdosta (v1.0)
  • Warrenton (v1.3)

Louisiana
  • Baton Rouge 2c & 10c values (v1.2)
  • Baton Rouge (A02) 5c Maltese Border (v1.1)
  • Baton Rouge (A03) 5c Lattice Border (v1.2)
  • Mount Lebanon (v1.1)
  • New Orleans 2c blue (v4.2)
  • New Orleans 2c Red (v1.5)
  • New Orleans 5c Ocher (v1.0)
  • New Orleans 5c yellow brown (v1.1)
  • New Orleans 5c Red (v1.0)
  • New Orleans Stampless (v1.0)
  • New Orleans – Plus

Mississippi
  • Aberdeen (v1.2)
  • Austin (v1.1)
  • Canton (v1.2)
  • Iuka (v1.2)
  • Jackson (v1.3)
  • Lexington (v1.3)
  • Port Gibson (v1.0)
  • Salem (v1.0) (New 17 May 2025)

North Carolina
  • Carolina City (v1.1)
  • Chapel Hill (v1.3)
  • Charlotte (v1.1)
  • Franklin (v1.2)
  • Gaston (v1.1)
  • Greensborough (v1.1)
  • Hillsboro (v1.2)
  • Lenoir (v1.1)
  • Milton (v1.0)
  • Mount Pleasant (v1.1)
  • Oxford (v1.0)
  • Patterson (v1.0)
  • Rutherfordton (v1.0)
  • Salem (v1.2)
  • Salisbury (v1.0)
  • Statesville (v1.2)

South Carolina
  • Anderson (v1.0)
  • Barnwell (v1.1)
  • Camden (v1.0)
  • Charleston (adhesive) (v1.3)
  • Charleston (postal stationery) (v1.1)
  • Columbia (v1.0)
  • Darlington (v1.0)
  • Fraziersville (v1.1)
  • Georgetown (v1.1)
  • Greenville C H (v2.0)
  • Hamburgh (v1.0)
  • Laurens C H (v1.1)
  • Limestone Springs (v1.3)
  • Mars Bluff (v1.0)
  • Oakway (v1.1)
  • Spartanburg (v1.6)
  • Sumter (v1.0)
  • Unionville (v1.2)
  • Walterborough (v1.0)
  • Williston (v1.1)
  • Winnsborough (v2.3)

Tennessee
  • Chattanooga (v1.2)
  • Columbia (v1.1) (Updated 3 May 2025)
  • Greenville (v1.1) (Updated 4 May 2025)
  • Jonesboro) (v1.2)
  • Knoxville Adhesives (v1.0)
  • Knoxville Stampless (v1.1)
  • Memphis 2c blue (v3.1)
  • Memphis 5c red (v1.1)
  • Memphis 5c postal stationery (v1.1)
  • Rheatown (v1.1)
  • Tellico Plains (v3.0)
  • Tullahoma (v1.0)

Texas
  • Austin (v1.2)
  • Beaumont (v1.1)
  • Clarksville (v1.0)
  • Galveston (v1.1)
  • Goliad (covers) (v1.0)
  • Goliad (off cover) (v1.0)
  • Gonzales (v1.0)
  • Hallettsville (v1.0)
  • Harrisburg (v1.0)
  • Helena (v1.2)
  • Hollandale (v1.0)
  • Houston (v1.1)
  • Huntsville (v1.0)
  • Independence (v1.1)
  • LaGrange (v1.2)
  • Plum Creek (v1.2)
  • Richmond (v1.2)
  • San Antonio (v1.0)
  • Velasco (v1.0)
  • Victoria (v1.2)
  • Weatherford (v1.0)

Virginia
  • Abingdon (v1.2)
  • Charlottesville (v2.0)
  • Christiansburg (v1.2)
  • Danville (v1.1)
  • Emory (v1.3)
  • Fincastle (v1.0)
  • Fredericksburg (v1.3)
  • Greenwood Depot (v1.4)
  • Jetersville (v1.0)
  • Lexington (v1.0)
  • Liberty (v1.0)
  • Lynchburg (v1.1)
  • Marion (v2.0)
  • Norfolk (v1.0)
  • Petersburg (v1.1)
  • Pittsylvania C. H. (v1.4)
  • Pleasant Shade (v1.3)
  • Wytheville (v1.2)

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