Part 5, Note 44

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Charles J. Mathis to Jean Marie Odin, July 20, 1861, Records of the Catholic Church, Archdiocese of New Orleans, Louisiana, Archives of the University of Notre Dame; Colorado County Deed Records, Book K, p. 76; Colorado Citizen, July 28, 1860; Record of Appointment of Postmasters 1832-September 30, 1971, National Archives Microfilm Publication M841, Roll 122. In 1860, the Cuba school was taught by E. T. Grissom. Grissom advertised that students might obtain board at the nearby home of Charles P. Brown. Brown's home was in a tract of land adjacent to and east of the Robert Cunningham Survey and near Skull Creek. Ijams had secured a land grant of 640 acres in the immediate vicinity on June 28, 1848. The Cuba post office was discontinued on November 5, 1866 (see Colorado County Deed Records, Book K, p. 271, Book L, p. 646; Record of Appointment of Postmasters 1832-September 30, 1971, National Archives Microfilm Publication M841, Roll 122 ).