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.
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) New – 20 Jun 24
- Montgomery – 2 & 5 cent values (v1.0)
- Montgomery 10 cent values (v1.0)
- Selma (v2.0)
- Talladega (v1.2)
- Talladega Pseudo (v1.0)
- 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 (v1.2)
- 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
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) New – 12 Jul 24
- 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 (v1.0)
- Greenville (v1.0)
- Jonesboro) (v1.2) Updated 12 Jul 24
- Knoxville Adhesives (v1.0)
- Knoxville Stampless (v1.1)
- Memphis 2c blue (v3.1)
- Memphis 5c red (v1.1) New – 19 May 24
- 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) Updated 29 Jun 24
- 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) Updated 26 May 24
- 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) Updated – 9 Jul 24
- 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) Updated – 10 Jul 24
- Marion (v2.0) Updated – 8 Jul 24
- Norfolk (v1.0)
- Petersburg (v1.0)
- Pittsylvania C. H. (v1.4) Updated – 15 Jul 24
- Pleasant Shade (v1.3)
- Wytheville (v1.2)