John James Altman: First Postmaster at Vox
John James Altman (1846-1905) John James Altman (1846-1905) was the son of William Samuel Altman and Rachel Goud. As a young man he served in the Civil War in Company B, 3rd Palmetto Battalion, Lt. Artillery, and also in Abner's Battery of Sharpshooters. In 1891, he became the first Postmaster of the Vox Community. The name Vox was coined by Altman from the Latin phrase vox populi , meaning "voice of the people." The Vox Post Office entered service on August 25, 1891. The old post office building was located on Vox Highway at the intersection of Vox Highway and Durant Cemetery Road. Greg Parker recounted the following as told to him by Drucilla McCrea, granddaughter of Druscilla Thompson, wife of John Altman: "The post office was at Vox Highway and Durant Cemetery Road. It was also a general store. Pa John had the upstairs above the post office fashioned into a general store. The house on Vox Highway before Whispering Pines Road on the right was also Pa John Altma...