Person

John M. Ament (Maury County, Tennessee, postmaster and printer)

b. 1824? d. 1905?

Maury County, Tennessee, postmaster. Tennessee native. Married Mary E. Brooks Ament in Maury County, Tennessee, on February 25, 1847. Father to John D. Ament, William A. Ament, Julia C. Ament, George N. Ament, Joseph Ament, and Antony Ament. Printer in Maury County in 1850. Postmaster of Hampshire in Maury County from December 21, 1859 to August 18, 1868.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Maury County, District 21, p. 266A.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Maury County, District 16, p. 444.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Maury County, District 9, p. 384A.

Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee, Marshall and Maury Counties, p. 214.

Record of Appointment of Postmasters, 1832-1971, NARA Microfilm Publication, M841, Records of the Post Office Department, Record Group Number 28, roll #119, p. 109.

Tennessee, Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008, Tennessee County, District and Probate Courts, Maury County Probate Records, Wills, vol. H-I, 1898-1924, p. 247.

Citation

Ament, John M.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32200477 (November 12, 2026).

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