Others who held the post include Henry Leitner, Henry Merry, Alva Pearre, and John and William Partridge. The name of the community was officially changed to Berzelia in 1837. James Culbreath was the village handler of mail. It was from the depot at Berzelia in the 1860s that many of Columbia County and nearby Richmond County's young residents left to fight in the Civil War. This reproduction of a store receipt from C.K. Leitner's is from 1871.
Items listed include bacon, rice, sugar and a box of candy.
Much of the surrounding area was always predominantly agrarian, with many sawmills and planing mills. His wife, Catherine, was instrumental in helping to erect one of the first Confederate memorials in the South when she began canvassing for subscriptions in 1866. In 1872, her dream came true with the formal unveiling of the monument in Linwood community. Before 1873, a turntable was located at Berzelia for rotating the engine on the local Picayune passenger train that left each morning for Augusta and returned in the evening. Over the years, the turntable was gradually moved farther up the tracks.