Posted on: Caroline Co. Va Query Forum Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Va/Caroline?read=1395 Surname: DISHMAN, LUCAS ------------------------- THE COMMUNITY OF MOSS NECK IS LOCATED IN CAROLINE COUNTY 10-12 MILES EAST OF NEWPOST ON US 17. NEWPOST IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF US 17 AND VA STATE ROUTE 2 IN SPOTSYLVANIA CO. THE MOSS NECK PO WAS LOCATED ON ST RT 614 1/4 MILE NORTH OF 17. FOR YEARS THE PO WAS RUN BY FAMILY OF B M SKINKER UNTIL 1941 WHEN FT A P HILL WAS FORMED. THE MAIL WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO RAPPAHANNOCK PO THAT WAS RUN BY JOHN LEWIS MOTLEY FOR YEARS. THE FARM "MOSS NECK MANOR" IS LOCATED ON SO SIDE OF 17. JACKSONS HDQ WAS THERE DURING CIVIL WAR. SOME FAMILIES THAT RECEIVED MAIL AT MOSS NECK WERE; DISHMAN,SKINKER,SALE, GARRETT, JORDAN, CROPPER, MCGUINNES, GATEWOOD,HALL, OSTERHELD, BUMBREY,CHAMBERS, BULLOCK, GREEN,JACKSON, GARNETT, HOWARD,MARTIN,JONES