"Murfreesboro (NC) had an African American postmaster named Mr. George W. Reynolds from 10/31/1889 to 4/31/1892. Mr. Reynolds was born a free person of color around 1856. He attended Shaw University in Raleigh.
He is to believed to have died in 1892. If anyone has any photos or additional info on Mr. Reynolds, please let us know."

We started out learning about Mr. George W. Reynolds (via The Cultivator Bookstore's fb post), and while searching for information about him, we came across this PDF by the USPS.
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Here Is Part Of The History Of African Americans Postal Workers -We have put a link at the bottom of this post to the whole history: African American Postal Workers in the 19th Century African Americans began the 19th century with a small role in postal operations and ended the century as Postmasters, letter carriers, and managers at postal headquarters.

Although postal records did not list the race of employees, other sources, like newspaper accounts and federal census records, have made it possible to identify more than 800 African American postal workers. Included among them were 243 Postmasters, 323 letter carriers, and 113 Post Office clerks.

For lists of known African American employees by position, see “List of Known African American Postmasters, 1800s,” “List of Known African American Letter Carriers, 1800s,” “List of Known African American Post Office Clerks, 1800s,” and “List of Other Known African American Postal Employees, 1800s.”

Enslaved African Americans Carried Mail Prior to 1802 The earliest known African Americans employed in the United States mail service were slaves who worked for mail transportation contractors prior to 1802. In 1794, Postmaster General Timothy Pickering wrote to a Maryland resident, regarding the transportation of mail from Harford to Bel Air: If the Inhabitants . . . should deem their letters safe with a faithful black, I should not refuse him. …

I suppose the planters entrust more valuable things to some of their blacks.1 In an apparent jab at the institution of slavery itself, Pickering added, “If you admitted a negro to be a man, the difficulty would cease.”

Pickering hated slavery with a passion; it was in part due to his efforts that the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 forbade slavery in the territory north of the Ohio River.2 In 1801, Postmaster General Joseph Habersham wrote to Isaac Gano, Postmaster of Frankfort, Kentucky, that “some objections” had been made to Edmund Taylor, the mail contractor on the Frankfort to Cincinnati, Ohio, route, “employing a slave as the Carrier of the Mail.”

Habersham explained that employing slaves as mail carriers was generally allowed in the Southern States by my predecessors in office.
I made no objection to it especially as it came within my knowledge that slaves in general are more trustworthy than that class of white men who will perform such services — the stages … [on] the Main Line are driven by Slaves & most of the Contractors employ them as mail carriers in the Southern States.

Mr. Taylor may therefore be allowed to employ one for his route. Island Rebellion Triggers U.S. Fears The employment of African Americans as mail carriers was banned by Congress in 1802. A well-planned slave rebellion in 1791 in the French colony of St. Domingue (now Haiti), closely watched by the American press, had contributed to a growing fear among Southern whites that American slaves would organize a rebellion.4 Gideon Granger succeeded Habersham as Postmaster General in November 1801 and, in March 1802, wrote to Senator James Jackson of Georgia, Chairman of the Committee of the Senate on the Post Office Establishment: LINK AT BOTTOM

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Here is a List of Known North Carolina African American Postmasters and the towns/cities they served, who were appointed in the 1800s

Postmasters pg2
Whitehead, York Aurelian -Springs NC 1/19/1898 1/20/1902
Battle, Clinton W. - Battleboro NC 11/11/1897 11/22/1899
Hewlin, Hilliard J. - Brinkleyville NC 10/5/1897 10/5/1901
Cherry, James D. - Drew NC 7/7/1897 5/20/1901
Baker, Mary A.- Dudley NC 11/26/1897 8/22/1911
Baker, William B. - Dudley NC 8/27/1883 9/3/1884
Lane, George W.- Edenton NC 8/1/1881 2/24/1885
Jervay, Robert S. Elbow NC 5/12/1898 4/15/1910
Keen, Norman L.- Essex NC 4/29/1891 8/4/1897- 8/16/1893 8/6/1901
Henderson, Benjamin H. - Fayetteville NC 1/21/1892 3/3/1896

Green, Alonzo - Gatesville NC 5/2/1870 4/2/1878

Cheek, Edward - Halifax NC 4/9/1897 3/7/1901

Davis, Mrs. Cora E. - Halifax NC 4/5/1889 12/8/1890

Hannon, John H. - Halifax NC 12/8/1890 4/10/1893

Booth, Albert C. - Harrellsville NC 11/15/1897 9/26/1900

Robbins, Parker D. - Harrellsville NC 9/22/1875 10/8/1877

Postmasters pg3

Solomon, Henry L. - Ita NC 5/11/1899 7/25/1901
Roberts, Emma S. - Jackson NC 8/6/1897 8/7/1901
Spivey, Washington - James City NC 1/11/1888 5/1/1908
Clark, Edward D. - Kelford NC 12/20/1897 6/19/1901
Middleton, Martha E. - Kenansville NC 8/25/1892 5/8/1893
Burwell, Thomas H. - Kittrell NC 10/24/1889 9/4/1893
Thorpe, John H. - Kittrell NC 1/14/1898 3/28/1902
Dickens, Ada - Lawrence NC 8/9/1897 11/22/1899
Baker, Daniel W. - Lewiston NC 6/10/1897 4/1/1899
Lewter, Charles H. - Lewiston NC 4/1/1899 11/18/1901
Mayo, Henry D. - Littleton NC 5/26/1897 4/13/1901
Young, Winfield F. - Littleton NC 7/15/1875 7/26/1889 - 8/3/1885 5/23/1893
Alston, Albert L. - Macon NC 12/11/1891 4/29/1893
Falkener, Henry H. - Macon NC 5/21/1890 12/11/1891
Watson, Henry L. - Macon NC 11/10/1897 11/9/1901
Newsome, Elenora J. - Margarettsville NC 7/2/1897 12/21/1900
O’Kelly, Berry * - Method NC 10/9/1890 4/1/1931
Jones, William H. - Morehead City NC 2/25/1890 6/16/1893
Smith, Allen A. - Mount Olive NC 5/27/1897 7/20/1901
Winn, Washington - Mount Olive NC 5/31/1881 8/6/1885
Reynolds, George W. - Murfreesboro NC 10/31/1889 4/13/1892
Richardson, Edward A. - New Berne NC 7/18/1884 6/11/1885
Cook, Hezekiah - Oberlin NC 4/11/1892 5/8/1894
Harris, Cicero B. - Panacea Springs (to “Panacea” 1894) NC 7/12/1889 12/14/1897 10/23/1893 10/2/1902 Langford, Brosier W. - Potecasi NC 7/21/1897 1/17/1898
Bennett, William E. - Powellsville NC 1/13/1898 2/23/1901
Hart, Edmond D. * - Princeville NC 3/17/1898 5/25/1909
Ryan, Freeman J. - Quitsna NC 6/24/1897 12/15/1900
Roberts, Winfrey H. - Rich Square NC 9/11/1889 11/9/1897 9/19/1893 11/9/1901
Wortham, James S. - Ridgeway NC 4/14/1897 7/2/1901
Armstrong, Weeks S. - Rocky Mount NC 4/18/1889 3/31/1890
Hargett, Israel D. Rocky Mount NC 7/27/1897 2/15/1899
Person, W. Lee - Rocky Mount NC 4/11/1890 6/13/1893
Anthony, Collin P. - Scotland Neck NC 9/17/1897 7/11/1898
Shields, Thomas - Scotland Neck NC 7/11/1898 5/14/1901
Coats, William C. - Seaboard NC 11/9/1889 11/3/1893
Coats, Mrs. Willie F. - Seaboard NC 10/26/1897 10/26/1901
Baker, William - South Gaston NC 10/24/1889 10/7/1897 10/13/1893 3/31/1904
Davis, Frank - Southport NC 2/1/1892 5/16/1893
Guion, Mary - Tarheel NC 6/5/1897 7/29/1898
Pittman, James M. - Tillery NC 1/23/1890 4/9/1897 7/11/1893 10/28/1898
Williams, Henry W. Tillery NC 4/8/1889 1/23/1890
Bullock, Moses J. - Townesville NC 2/19/1874 2/8/1886
Davis, Charner H. - Townesville (to “Townsville” 1892) NC 7/20/1889 12/10/1897 9/9/1893 1/15/1909
Howard, John H. - Weldon NC 1/8/1898 6/27/1902
Vick, Samuel H. - Wilson NC 9/28/1889 5/24/1898 2/16/1894 3/24/1903
Bond, Lewis T. - Windsor NC 5/3/1897 7/12/1901
Outlaw, William H. - Windsor NC 4/30/1891 4/1/1893
Robbins, Augustus - Windsor NC 6/14/1889 4/30/1891

Postmasters pg4
Catus, Joseph B. - Winton NC 9/24/1897 6/6/1913

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Link Source to History Of African Americans In US Postal Service:

https://about.usps.com/.../african-american-workers-19thc...