Liberty Post Office Contributed and transcribed by Woodson County Commissioner Bill Linde. ------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. -------------------------------------------------------------- LIBERTY Post Office From the time of the first settlement up to and after the Civil War, the pioneers along Turkey Creek and the northwest part of the county received their mail from Neosho Falls, LeRoy d Burlington. In October, 1863, Omar Whitney left his home along Turkey Creek and enlisted in the 5th Kansas Calvary that had originated at Neosho Falls. He was 18 years old at the time and his address was given as Turkey Creek. At the end of the war he returned to the Whitney home in Liberty township. He was married to Mary Ann Graves and their home was in a log cabin about a quarter mile west of where Burt is now, on the west side of Turkey Creek and not far from the south side of Jordon Creek. On 25 March 1876, Whitney established a postoffice in his home that was given the name of Liberty, Woodson County, Kansas," and did on the 20th day of April, execute a bond and has taken the oath of office and authorized to execute duties of that office at Liberty." The document from which this was taken was signed by Alexander W. Randall, Postmaster General. Mail was handled here for the settlers along Turkey and Duck Creek until it was discontinued two years later, 29 March 1869. Omar Whitney had come to Woodson County in the spring of 1859 with his parents Asa and Lydia (Morian) Whitney, a brother and sister. They had come from somewhere in Illinois by covered wagon, drawn by a yoke of oxen.